Name: Isabella Singh Grade: 8

Subject: Agricultural Science

Worksheet#2

1. What is Land Preparation?

Land preparation is cultivation practices that
maintain or improve the physical and chemical
condition of the soil and to also minimize soil
erosion.

2. State all the process land preparation entails

and explain two.
The process that land preparation entails are:
A) Ploughing
B) Laying out
C) Land clearing
D) Mixing in limestone
E) Applying pesticides
F) Mulching
G) Harrowing
H) Constructing beds and drains, or ridges and
furrows
I) Mixing in Manures
Land clearing is done to remove unwanted
vegetation and object from the field.

Laying out makes it possible for farmers to design

fields so that other farm activities can be done
easily and orderly so that the fields.

3. What is the benefit of building ridges and

furrows?

It helps to drain the field by allowing the

excess water to flow through the furrows
reducing excess moisture stress on plants.

4. State the difference between manual and

mechanical clearing.
The difference between manual and mechanical
land clearing is that manual clearing is when it is
done by hand using cutlass and hook-stick, and
mechanical clearing is done using machines.

5. What are the disadvantages of creating fine tilth

soil?
The disadvantages are:
 Compaction of the lower layers of soil
particles.
  Blocking of soil pores thus causing surface
crusting during wet conditions.

6. What is the purpose of incorporating limestone.

The purpose of incorporating limestone is to
make the soil less acidic.