AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE FIRST TERM EXAMINATION PRIMARY 2

NAME:                                               

CLASS: PRIMARY 2                        

SUBJECT: Agricultural Science

Instruction: Answer all the questions

OBJECTIVES

1. Crops that store foods in their stems are known as __(a) grain crops (b) tuber crops (c) flower crops
2. An examples of fruit crops is ___________ (a) mango (b) cassava (c) 5-Alive
3. We can grow orange by planting its _____________ (a) leaf (b) seed (c) stem
4. ___________ is the upper-layer of earth in which plants grow. (a) granite (b) soil (c) garden
5. A type of soil is ___________ (a) clay (b) wheat        (c) grain
6. Soil contains all these except __________ (a) air (b) living things        (c) moon
7. Different components of the soil are referred to as _______(a) soil formation (b) soil family             (c) soil composition
8. ____________ lives in the soil (a) bad (b) elephants (c) earthworms
9. Soil can be classified into _____________ (a) 3 (b) 6               (c) 7
10. ____________ is not a class of soil (a) clay           (b) sandy       (c) watery
11. The most coarse of all the soil type is ______________ (a) clay           (b) sandy      (c) loamy
12. Loamy soil is ___________ in colour (a) dark (b) white (c) red
13. The best soil for planting is ______________(a) sandy (b) loamy       (c) clay
14. _____________ is the type of soil used for moulding. (a) clay (b) loamy       (c) sandy
15. The breaking down of rocks makes soil formation possible. True/ False
16. The disintegration of rocks to form soil known as _______(a) cracking (b) weathering (c) washing
17. There are _____________processes of soil formation. (a) 3    (b) 5    (c) 6
18. Soil is made of all these except ____________(a) tiny bits of rock (b) rotten plants and animals             (c) snow         (d) food
19. ___________ and ___________ grow in the soil. (a) plant tree        (b) stone, Iron                                   (c) Butter, cheese
20. Which of these creatures lives in soil? (a) lion (b) earthworm           (c) bud
21. Preventing food from getting spoilt is food ________(a) prevention (b) preservation (c) hiding
22. _____________ affects food crops (a) wealth (b) sun drying          (c) preservation
23. Food preservation helps retain its freshness. True/ False
24. Carrying out series of actions on foods to turn it into consumable form is called ___________             (a) famine (b) food poisoning (c) food processing
25. ____________ is a processing stage of cassava  (a) peeling   (b) mulching            (c) burying
26. ____________ is not an importance of food processing.

(a) improvement in usage  (b) food poisoning    (c) improvement in food value

27. Food processing is not important (a) true (b) false (c) perhaps
28. ____________ cannot be made from cassava (a) pounded yam (b) garri (c) fufu
29. ____________ can be made from fruits (a) semovita (b) juice (c) moimoi
30. ____________ is any substances added to soil to make it more-fertile

(a) charcoal   (b) fertilizer             (c) over grazing

THEORY      (30 marks)

1. What is Soil   (4 marks)
2. List the types of soil            (6 marks)
3. List 4 ways of making soil fertile (8 marks)
4. Mention 2 things we can make from cassava      (2 marks)
5. Give two reasons why we preserve our foods     (4 marks)
6. Give 3 ways we can process our bean                  (6marks)