TLE 10 AGRICULTURE

Third Quarter Week 1-2

Lesson 1 Irrigation Materials, Tools, Equipment and Structures

Q3 Week 1 Q3 Week 2
Read and understand the context and answer Read and understand the context and answer
The following: The following:
 What I Know  What I Can Do
 What’s More  Assessment
 What I Have Learned  Q3 1st Summative Test

What I need to know

Construction and maintaining a functional irrigation system for your crops requires the use
of irrigation material, tools and equipment. It is important to select and identify the needed
materials, tools and equipment before performing construction or repair of an irrigation system.
These will not only save time but most importantly it prevents accidents in the workplace. At the
end of the lesson, you should be able to: 1. Identify the materials, tools, equipment and structures
used in irrigation works and 2. Describe the specific uses of each material, tool, equipment and
structure;

What I Know

Multiple Choice Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the letter that corresponds to
the best answer from the choices provided. Write the answers on your answer sheet.

1. Which of the following tools will give you a more precise measurement of a pipe diameter?
A. ruler C. steel tape measure
B. square rule D. Vernier caliper
2. Which of the following is a water lifting device?
A. excavator C. pump
B. tractor D. all of the above
3. Which of the following protects the impeller of pumps from damage?
A. filter C. nipple
B. hoses D. pressure gauge
4. What are substances applied to one surface or both surfaces of materials to be joined together
and resist their separation?
A. adhesives C. valves
B. filters D. fittings
5. Which of the following fittings can stop the flow of irrigation water?
A. plug and cap C. gate valve
B. ball valve D. Barb

What’s In

In your previous lesson you have learned how to grow crops and part of it is giving your
plants the water that they needed. To perform these irrigation materials, tools, equipment and
structures are needed.

What’s New
 Activity 1.1. In your school/home garden can you identify the materials, tools, equipment
and structures that you use so that you can provide water to your plants? How many can you
identify?
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What Is It

Irrigation Materials Irrigation materials are those things used to make the irrigation system
functional which are not considered to be tools or equipment. Materials used in irrigation vary
depending on the irrigation system. A more complex irrigation system requires more complicated
materials while simple irrigation system will only require fewer simple materials needed to deliver
the required amount of water to the crops. For this reason, this lesson will only tackle the most
common materials used in an irrigation system.

1. Hoses and Pipes and Tapes Hoses and pipes are hollow tubes with circular cross-section
designed to carry fluids from one location to another. Hoses are flexible while pipes are more rigid.
These are made from different materials and comes in different sizes depending on the purpose it
was designed. Tapes on the other hand are flat which eventually expands into tube-like form as
the water passes through it and is made out of plastic material

Standard plumbing grade PVC pipe is marked with universal standard code that tells you several
things about the pipe.

This marking is required by law so that builders can easily distinguish the properties and
tolerances of the pipe they are using. Photo below shows an example of the marking on a PVC

pipe.
Figure 1.2. The marking on the pipe will inform you of its manufacturer, size, the type of the
material, where it is supposed to be used, and when the pipe was produced. The
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example above shows the manufacturer’s name (omitted on the picture on purpose), the inner
diameter of the pipe is 20mm. Its length is 3 meters, it is made out of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC), it is
for multipurpose use, it is a schedule 10 pipe produced on September 24, 2019. When pressurized
water flows inside the pipes and hoses the working pressure capacity is usually included in the
markings.
2. Fittings These are materials used to connect sections of irrigation tubing. Fittings come in a
variety of styles, materials and sizes.
Hand Tools

Hand tools are objects which are operated by hand to carry out tasks with ease making
work efficient and safe. These tools do not rely on electricity and fuel for it to function. Below are
some of the examples of tools used in irrigation:

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What’s More

Activity 1.2. Identify the picture that is shown in column A. Write the name of the material, tool or
equipment in column B.

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What I Have Learned

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What I Can Do

Assessment

Multiple Choice
Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the letter that corresponds to the best
answer from the choices provided. Write the answers on your answer sheet.

1. Which of the following tools will give you a more precise measurement of a pipe diameter?
A. ruler C. steel tape measure
B. square rule D. Vernier caliper
2. Which of the following is a water lifting device?
A. excavator C. pump
B. tractor D. all of the above
3. Which of the following protects the impeller of pumps from damage?
A. filter C. nipple
B. hoses D. pressure gauge
4. What are substances applied to one surface or both surfaces of materials to be joined together
and resist their separation?
A. adhesives C. valves
B. filters D. fittings
5. Which of the following fittings can stop the flow of irrigation water?
A. plug and cap C. gate valve
B. ball valve D. Barb

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 Q3 1st Summative Test

I. Multiple Choice
Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the letter that corresponds to the best
answer from the choices provided. Write your answers in your activity notebook.

1. What objects are operated by hand to carry out tasks with ease making work efficient and safe?
A. equipment B. hand tools C. materials D. structures
2. What are hollow tubes with circular cross-section designed to carry fluids from one location to
another?
A. drainage B. filters C. hoses D. pumps
3. What type of fitting has opening on four of its end?
A. cross B. tee C. coupling D. wie
4. What irrigation device is used to control the flow of water by partially or fully obstructing the flow
of water?
A. elbow B. plug and cap C. reducer D. valves
5. When cutting pipes, which will give a square and cleaner cut?
A. hack saw B. pipe cutter C. scissors D. All of the above.
6. Which of the following tools will give you a more precise measurement of a pipe diameter?
A. ruler B. square rule C. steel tape measure D. Vernier caliper
7. Which of the following is a water lifting device?
A. excavator B. tractor C. pump D. all of the above.
8. Which of the following protects the impeller of pumps from damage?
A. filter B. hoses C. nipple D. pressure gauge
9. What irrigation structure is used to divide or direct the flow of water between two or more
canals? A. culverts B. division boxes C. canals D. checks
10. What substances are applied to one surface or both surfaces of materials to be joined together
and resist their separation?
A. adhesives B. filters C. valves D. fittings
11. A common farm equipment used in various farm facilities including efficient installation of
irrigation pipes, hoses and drip tapes.
A. Tractors B. Excavator C. Water Pump D. Rotavator
12. A machine used in digging canals, construction of water reservoir and installation of culverts.
A. Excavator B. Tractors C. Water Pump D. Rotavator
13. It is a water lifting device used in irrigation.
A. Water Pump B. Excavator C. Tractors D. Rotavator
14. A type of fitting w/c has an inlet and outlet and it is shaped like letter “T”.
A. Elbow B. Tee C. Coupling D. Reducer
15. This fitting makes a flow smaller and thus reduces it.
A. Elbow B. Tee C. Coupling D. Reducer
16. It is used to join two hoses pipes of the same diameter and type.
A. Elbow B. Tee C. Coupling D. Reducer
17. A type of fitting that has four opening of its ends and can connect four pipes.
A. Cross B. Reducer C. Adaptor D. Elbow
18. It connect pipes that are not the same in type which can be male or female on one end.
A. Elbow B. Adaptor C. Wee D. Cross
19. It is used to connect which looks like a right angle .
A. Elbow B. Adaptor C. Wee D. Cross
20. It is a built in shape like letter “Y” similar to Tee fittings but smother angling reduces frictions
and turbulence in the water.
A. Elbow B. Adaptor C. Wee D. Cross
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 KEY TO CORRECTION

WHAT I KNOW WHAT’S MORE

ASSESSMENT
1. D 1. EXCAVATOR
2. C 2. PIPE CUTTER Good Luck!
3. A 3. BALL VALVE
4. A 4. ELBOW
5. A 5. FILTER

Q3 1st SUMMATIVE TEST

Good Luck!

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