MID TERM TEST FIRST TERM PRIMARY 5 AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE

Subject:   AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE Class: BASIC 5

Name:    __________________________________ Time: 1 Hour

SECTION A:  Objective 

Instruction: Answer all questions in this section

1. Agriculture has to do with ______  and ______   (a)house and water    (b)plants and animals    (c)sand ad rock     (d)human and spirit
2. Soil is formed from the _________ (a) sun (b) rain   (c) rock    (d) moon
3. Agents of soil formation helps to break rocks to form _________ (a) plant (b) root   (c)rock     (d)soil  
4. The best soil for planting is ______   (a)loamy soil     (b)clay soil   (c)sandy soil   (d)fire sand
5. Manure is made from the remains of plants and animals in heap and allowed to _____   (a)green     (b)smell     (c)decay    (d)spoil
6. The materials for making compost are ________ (a) fertilizer (b) water (c) chemical      (d)ashes, waste and animal dung 
7. _______  adds nutrients to the soil   (a)compost manure  (b)mineral resources   (c)chemical    (d)food
8. Crops are classified into  ______ forms   (a)3    (b)2     (c)4     (d)5
9. Monocotyledon have  _______  seed leaf   (a)one    (b)two     (c)three   (d)four
10. Onions are examples of ______  cotyledon   (a)dicotylodon    (b)monocotyledon    (c)carbohydrate        (d)simplus 
11. Annual crops develop and become ripe in ______ your    (a)one    (b)two    (c)five   (d)three
12. Biennial crops take _______ years to become ripe (a) 6   (b) 4   (c) 3   (d) 2 
13. Beans are example of _________ crops (a) perennial (b) biennial (c) annual (d) quarter
14. What determines the classification of crops according to their life cycle is  _______    (a)time of planting    (b)length of time    (c)shape of the root and leaf   (d)time of death
15. Biennial crops are the following except  _________   (a)yam   (b)cassava   (c)carrot  (d)guava
16. If animal crop is associated with on. Perennial crop is _____    (a)one and half    (b)long time   (c)two   (d)one
17. Example of a perennial crop is _____   (a)cassava    (b)cocoa    (c)yam    (d)potatoes
18. Which of these is a cash crop?    (a)Mango     (b)soyabean   (c)rubber    (d)cashew
19. ______  animals are animals reared by farmers   (a)life    (b)farm    (c)bushfallow   (d)beast
20. Animals that have simple stomach are   _______    (a)non-ruminant  (b)ruminant (c)one belly   (d)lion

THEORY

1. What is Agricultural Science?
2. What is weathering?
3. Mention any four agents of soil formation
4. State four differences between monocotyledons and dicotyledonous plants 
5. What are Ruminant animals?
6. Give two Examples of ruminant animals
7. Mention the four-compartment stomach in ruminant animal.
8. Give two examples of non-ruminant animals.