ZIMBABWE REPUBLIC POLICE EDUCATION SECTION

GRADE 7 END OF TERM 1 EXAMINATION 2021

AGRICULTURE, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

PAPER 2
MAY 2021 Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

SECTION A: ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

1a) Define the word Agriculture (1)
b) Write one branch of Agriculture that you know. (1)
c) What does the branch above deal with? (1)
d) Name one importance of Agriculture. (1)
e) Write any one Agriculture opportunity. (1)
2a) Give one type of Agriculture in Zimbabwe. (1)
b) An example of a farming system is……… (1)
c) The growing of the same type of crop in the same field year after year is
called…………… (1)
d) Write one example of a cutting tool. (1)
e) Write one way of preventing common agricultural dangers. (1)

3. Use the map below to answer questions (a) and (b)

(a) The place marked x is in which farming region? (1)

(b) Which farming activity is practiced in this region? (1)
 (c) The diagram above shows a ……..(1)
(d) The above named tool is used for…………..(1)
(e) Write the importance of having a rake as a tool. (1)

4a) What is the chemical process that uses oxygen and glucose to produce the
energy needed by the body called? (1)
b) Which body organ is responsible for pumping blood to the rest of the body?
1)
c) Which blood vessel is responsible for carrying blood to the rest of the body?
d) ……………help to defend the body against pathogens that invade the body
and causes diseases (1)
e) An infectious disease that spreads to a large number of people in an area
within a very short time is called……………………

5a) Physical parts of a computer are known as……………….

b) Give one example of a system software
c) Give one example of a volatile memory
d) What is a software?
e) Name one example of application software.

SECTION B
ANSWER ANY TWO QUESTIONS

6a) State one instruction to be followed when using agro-chemicals (1)

b) The purple triangle on agro-chemical containers means……….(1)
c) What is weathering? (1)
d) What type of weathering is caused by living organisms? (1)
e) Define soil structure (1)

7a) Give one example of soil micro organisms (1)

b) How does macro organisms help in Agriculture (1)
c) Write one example of a legume crop (1)
d) Why are legumes important in a crop rotation (1)
e) Write one way of preventing soil erosion. (1)
USE THE DIAGRAM BELOW TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
BELOW

8a) Name the above diagram (1)

b) What process is occurring at 4. (1)
c) When trees lose water through the leaves it is called…………. (1)
d) The cooling of water vapour in the atmosphere is known as (1)
e) The contamination of water sources by improper disposal of substances is
known as………….. (1)

SECTION C

Answer any two questions

9a) When plant leaves turn yellow, it is a sign of the shortage of………… (1)
b) What are the three major plant nutrients (1)
c) Define crop rotation (1)
d) Write one advantage of crop rotation (1)
e) Give one example of a plant in the grass family (1)

10a) What are water borne diseases

b) Write one way of preventing the spread of HIV and AIDS
c) Diseases that progress slowly over time are called…………. Diseases
d) The initial help given to an injured person is known as…………
 e) What is part labelled x called?

11a) Write one character of a metal

b) A material that allows electricity to flow through it is called a………….
c) A device that helps people to do work is called a……………..
d) Name the tool below

e) What is its function?

Section D questions

Answer any one question from this section in the spaces provided.

12.a) What is a computer?

b) Give one example of computer input device.
c) What do you get when you print out information?
d) Give one example of a mobile microcomputer.
e) Give one example of an internal computer storage device.
13.a) What is a database?
b) Give one example of a database management system.
c) An example of Computer Operating System is
d) RAM memory is volatile. What does the term volatile mean?
e) Digital computers are classified according to their size of memory and
processing speed. The most powerful and fastest computer is the _______