ANSWER BOOK

BEST PRIMARY AGRICULTURE

EXAMINATIONS
THE ANSWERS GIVEN HERE ARE SUGGESTED ANSWERS HENCE THERE ARE STILL MORE SUGGESTED
ANSWERS. NOTE: NOT SUBTRACTING BUT ADDITIONS THROUGH DISCUSSIONS

ANSWER BOOK

EXAMINATION 1

PAPER 1

1B 2C 3B 4A 5C

6D 7A 8B 9C 10 A

11 C 12 B 13 D 14 A 15 D

16 B 17 D 18 B 19 C 20 D

21 A 22 B 23 C 24 B 25 C

26 D 27 B 28 A 29 C 30 B

31 C 32 B 33 A 34 C 35 C

36 A 37 C 38 C 39 D 40 B

41 A 42 D 43 C 44 A 45 A

46 C 47 B 48 C 49 B 50 C

EXAMINATION 1

PAPER 2

1. (a) It is the growing of crops and rearing of animals.

(b) It provide food, clothes, foreign currency, jobs etc.
(c) AREX officer.
(d) Investigation on new technology to boost production.

2. (a) Weather is condition of atmosphere at a particular time hence climate is a systematic trend of
weather over long time.

(b) 5

(c) 5

(d) So as to plan his activities

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3. (a) Breaking down of rocks into smaller particles

(b) Animal and plant matter

(c) Physical, biological, chemical

4. (a) Nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium

(b) Adding manure, adding artificial fertilisers, adding compost or humus.

5. (a) mulching, adding organic matter,

(b) leaves, chemicals from industries and agriculture, human waste etc.

6.

ANIMAL PRODUCT BY-PRODUCT

cattle Meat, milk.. Chees, yoghurt, manure, leather, glue,

etc.
chicken, poultry.. meat Feathers to make cushions

rabbits meat, Pelts, manure,.

7. (a) hoe

(b) digging, weeding

(c) blade

(d) 1] hoe, mattock, spade, fork, etc

2] axe, saw, slasher, secateurs etc.

3] watering can, hosepipe, bucket

8. (a) A flower. B leaf. C stem. D roots

(b) Flower where fruits are made, development of seeds. Leaves for photosynthesis, for losing out
water. Stem for supporting branches, and for transporting water from roots to all parts. Roots for
storage of food and to anchor the tree.

9. (a) An orchard should be near water supply, accessible, good soil drainage, deep soils.

(b) 1 any indigenous fruit trees such as mutohwe

2. any exotic fruit trees such as orange.

(c) jam, marmalade, juices etc.

10. (a) During respiration plants take in oxygen and giving out carbon dioxide and during
photosynthesis its vice versa.

(b) Physiology.

(c) They absorb sunlight for photosynthesis.

(d) i) This is when plants make food

ii) Breathing

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 iii) The loss of water by plants through leaves.

iv) The movement of food or water to all parts of plant.

(e) Wind, insects.

EXAMINATION 2

PAPER 1

1D 2B 3A 4B 5A

6C 7D 8C 9C 10 A

11 C 12 B 13 D 14 A 15 D

16 A 17 B 18 A 19 D 20 A

21 A 22 A 23 B 24 A 25 A

26 C 27 B 28 A 29 C 30 D

31 A 32 B 33 B 34 A 35 D

36 A 37 B 38 C 39 D 40 C

41 A 42 D 43 B 44 A 45 A

46 A 47 B 48 C 49 A 50 B

EXAMINATION 2

PAPER 2

1 (a) Agriculture

(b) Drivers, teachers, AREX officers, etc

(c) Agricultural engineering

2 (a) Enrich the soil, improves water holding capacity, increases soil temperature for germination,
improves soil structure.

(b) By mulching, putting manure, adding organic matter.

3 (a) Small scale production of fruits, vegetables and flowers for sale.

(b) Market gardening, Flower production, Orchard

(c) In diversified farming a farmer keeps different types of animals and grows a variety of crops
while in specialised farming a farmer keeps one type of animal or grows one type of crop.

4 (a) Making water dirty.

(b) human waste, chemicals from agriculture, industries, etc.

(c) tap, well, dam, etc.

5 (a) Mattock.

(b) According to use. eg digging tools, cutting tools.

(c) storeroom.

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 (d) Greasing, cleaning, mending, etc.

6 (a) a place where young chicks are kept.

(b) furthers, manure, etc.

(c)

DISEASE SYMPTOMS CONTROL

-Coccidiosis Droppings with blood -Use coccidiostat
-Kill the infected bird
ii Fowl pox Pimples on the head Practice hygiene
New castle -Discharge of mucus from eyes. Isolate infected birds
etc.

SECTION B

7 (a) i) spade, hoe, pick. Etc ii) saw, slasher, machete, etc iii) bucket, can, wheelbarrow.

(b) rubber, wood, metal.

(c) It is fragile.

8 (a) The water cycle.

(b) Making tanks,

9 choose any fruit vegetable and explain how it is grown, eg tomato, pepper, egg plant.

10 (a) rainfall in the area, soil, source of water.

(b) fencing, clearing trees, weeding, scouting for pests etc.

EXAMINATION 3

PAPER 1

1D 2B 3D 4C 5B

6B 7A 8C 9B 10 C

11 C 12 A 13 B 14 B 15 B

16 C 17 A 18 C 19 D 20 A

21 B 22 B 23 B 24 B 25 C

26 B 27 A 28 B 29 C 30 C

31 B 32 B 33 A 34 B 35 B

36 C 37 B 38 C 39 A 40 D

41 C 42 B 43 D 44 C 45 A

46 A 47 C 48 A 49 C 50 C

EXAMINATION 3

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PAPRE 2

SECTION A

1 (a) It means agriculture is important.

(b) agricultural engineering, agricultural economics, crop production, etc.

(c) Animal production.

2 (a) i) Trained worker. ii) a worker who has knowledge but was not trained e.g tractor drivers.
iii) no skill required.

3 (a) rainfall and temperature.

(b) i)cup anemometer. ii) wind speed.

(c) Air pressure.

4 (a) to improve aeration, to improve water holding capacity of the soil, to turn down residue for
decaying. etc

(b) Planting, applying fertilisers.

5 (a) for the maintenance of farm equipment and machinery.

(b) When levelling the ground, when breaking lumps.

(c) spanner, file.

6 (a) Improves soil fertility, all soil nutrients are used fully, controls pests, improves yield.

(b) Application of fertiliser in a furrow.

(c) furrow/ open field.

SECTION B

7 Describing any growing of leafy vegetable.

8 A brassica is a leaf vegetable in cabbage family.

9 Growing any legume.

10 Management of root vegetable.

EXAMINATION 4

PAPER 1

1B 2D 3A 4C 5A

6A 7C 8A 9C 10 D

11 C 12 D 13 C 14 A 15 C

16 B 17 D 18 C 19 D 20 B

21 B 22 D 23 C 24 B 25 D

26 A 27 C 28 B 29 B 30 A

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31 B 32 B 33 A 34 C 35 A

36 D 37 C 38 A 39 C 40 B

41 A 42 B 43 B 44 D 45 A

46 A 47 A 48 A 49 D 50D

PAPER 2

SECTION A

1 (a) i) Farming where the farmer grows crops and keep animals.

ii) Growing one type of crop or keeping one animal year after year.

iii) Keeping different animals and growing different crops.

(b) When one project fails the farmer will still get yields from other projects, has high income base,
projects share risks.

2 (a) Horticulture.

(b) The product is perishable so it needs quick supply.

(C) Agronomists, veterinary officers, drivers, sales persons , etc.

3 (a) A plan to use money.

(b) Guides the farmer on how to use money,

It shows the farmer whether he/she is making profit or not, agriculture is business.

(c) $400+$118=$518.

4 (a) $420-$230=$130.

(b) seeds, fertilisers, labour, chemicals.

5 Cleaning, greasing, repairing, mending, wiping, oiling,

6 (a) i) Sugarcane ii) sunflower

(b) Crop production, animal production, agricultural engineering, agricultural economics, soil
science etc.

SECTION B

7 (a) i) repairs farm machinery, makes farm infrastructure and roads. ii) finds new varieties of crops,
researches on diseases of plants.

(b) dissolves nutrients, for photosynthesis, for cell tagged.

(c) adds nutrients, improves soil structure, improves aeration, improves water holding capacity.

(d) clay.

8 (a) pests, disease and weeds.

(b) CMR beetle (blister beetle), cutworm, aphids, semi loppers, bean stem maggot, red spider mite,
heliothis bollworm and nematodes.

(c) fencing, scaring.

(d) cotton, tea, tobacco.

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9 (a) i) $66 ii) $250 iii) $16 iv) $332 v) $15

(b) $313

(c) inventory, financial record, tool issue, etc.

10 (a) it does not fully utilise the land, protection of animals is very minimum, it is difficult to identify
sick animal, young animals can be lost.

(b) animals get high nutritive value of food, easy to detect sick animals, no losses through
predators.

(c) i) coccidiosis, fowl pox, new castle.

ii) Coccidiosis, Newcastle, rye neck, ear canker.

EXAMINATIN 5

PAPER 1
1D 2A 3A 4D 5A

6C 7D 8B 9D 10 C

11 A 12 A 13 D 14 C 15 B

16 D 17 A 18 C 19 A 20 C

21 A 22 D 23 D 24 D 25 B

26 C 27 C 28 A 29 C 30 D

31 C 32 B 33 C 34 C 35 A

36 B 37 D 38 C 39 A 40 D

41 C 42 D 43 B 44 C 45 B

46 A 47 B 48 A 49 B 50 D

PAPER 2

SECTION A

1 wheelbarrow, scotch cart, mouldboard plough, disc harrow, cultivator.

2 (a) wooden material will rot, metal tools will get rust.

(b) tools are named according to their use.

(c) arrange them on a tool rake.

(d) use the right tool for the right job, do not rush, sharpen it, wear protective clothes like
gumboots.

3 a=Above 1000mm b=tea plantations c=600-650mm d=intensive farming e=region 5.

4 (a) for cloud seeding, for pollination.

(b) i) degrees Celsius. ii) millimetres. iii) pascals.

5 (a) Fire brigade, National parks, Municipality, CAMPFIRE.

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 (b) Running water, temperature changes, freezing water.

6 (a) rill erosion, gully erosion, sheet erosion.

(b) wind, animal hooves, running water.

SECTION B

7 a=air b=water c=inorganic matter b=organic matter

(b) parts of a plant.

(c) roots to absorb nutrients, leaves for making food, stem to transport food from leaves to roots
and from roots to all parts, flowers for seed development.

8 (a) it will cause dams and rivers to dry up.

(b) small living non leaf plants which grows on dwalas or rocks. They weaken rocks causing
weathering.

(c) industries dispose of chemicals to the rivers,

(d) it causes soil erosion, it washes away nutrients.

(e) by mulching, by drip irrigation, by adding manure.

9 (a) it shows whether a famer is making profit, the farmer will decide on profitable projects, a
farmer can make changes, helps the farmer on how to use money.

(b) store them securely, clean them, greasing.

(c) rake, dibber, garden fork, shovel, spade

10(a) Lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard, rhinoceros.

(b) fireguards, avoid veld fire.

(c) practising irrigation, growing drought resistant crops.

(d) cuttings.

EXAMINATION 6

PAPER 1

1A 2B 3B 4B 5A

6B 7C 8B 9A 10 D

11 B 12 A 13 B 14 A 15 A

16 D 17 D 18 A 19 B 20 B

21 B 22 A 23 A 24 B 25 B

26 B 27 C 28 C 29 B 30 A

31 B 32 A 33 D 34 B 35 A

36 C 37 D 38 C 39 D 40 A

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41 B 42 A 43 A 44 A 45 C

46 C 47 C 48 C 49 C 50 C

PAPER 2

SECTION A

1 (a) Promote foreign currency earning, create employment.

(b) Veterinary doctors, sales people, researchers etc.

(c) A veterinary doctor treats sick animals

2 (a) timber, clothes.

(b) dairy board, colcom, bata, etc

(c) Foreign currency

3 (a) tape, dam, borehole.

(b) watering animals, building farm structures, cleaning, watering plants etc.

4 (a) making structure, feeding animals.

(b) pick, hoe, fork, spade, etc

5 (a) weather.

(b) temperature ___________thermometer, rainfall _____ rain gauge , humidity ___ hygrometer,
air pressure_____pascals etc.

6 (a) cutting down of trees, exhaust fumes, gases from industries.

(b) floods, heat waves, droughts.

SECTION B

7 Slaughtering of the animal, dressing, packing meat in packs for selling as meat is the product. Meat
can be sold to locals, feathers as by products can be used to make pillows, droppings are used as
manure.

8 (a) mouldboard plough, wheelbarrow, harrow, scotch carts, yokes, etc.

(b) crop rotation, make use of chemicals, use treated seeds,

(c) i) irrigation, growing drought resistant crops.

ii) fencing, scaring, guarding

9 (a) i) grass, leaves, stalks, soil. ii) sickle, pick, shovel. iii) 2m long, 1m wide, 1m high.

(b) animal matter and plant matter.

(c) for living organisms to respire. These help in improving decomposition.

10 (a) dig the land and add organic matter, add basal cover, water the beds.

(b) i) marigold, dah lias, pausy ii) elephant ear, flame lily.

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 (c) aphids, caterpillars, cutworms.

EXAMINATION 7

PAPER 1

1D 2B 3D 4D 5D

6D 7B 8B 9A 10 A

11 A 12 C 13 A 14 A 15 B

16 C 17 C 18 D 19 C 20 C

21 D 22 A 23 B 24 B 25 B

26 A 27 D 28 A 29 A 30 A

31 D 32 A 33 B 34 A 35 D

36 C 37 A 38 B 39 C 40 C

41 C 42 A 43 D 44 D 45 C

46 D 47 C 48 D 49 C 50 D

EXAMINATION 7

PAPRE 2

SECTION A

1 (a)

WEATHER ELEMENT INSTRUMENT

humidity Hygrometer

Wind speed Cup anemometer

Temperature thermometer

Rainfall rain gauge.

(b) knots

2 (a) they help in decomposition of organic matter, fix in nitrogen, improves aeration.

(b) earthworm, ants, caterpillar etc.

(c) adds fertility, improves water holding capacity, improves soil structure.

3 (a) i) running water, strong winds, ii) oxygen, acid rain,

(b) roots.

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4 (a) weeding, spraying herbicides,

(b) mulching, adding manure, dripping.

5 (a) Cotton__________________ clothes.

(b) Citrus fruits_____________ juice.

(c) Wheat_________________ bread.

(d) Sugarcane______________ sugar.

(e) Maize__________________ mealie-meal.

6 (a) i) protein, fats. ii) carbohydrates.

(b) leaching.

(c) temperature, wind speed, humidity.

SECTION B

7 here the learner needs to explain how rabbits or chickens are kept under the following headings;
housing, feeds, caring diseases which affect, control of diseases, products and by products, marketing
.

8 (a) open roots, pedestals, muddy water, rills, splashes etc.

(b) gully filling, afforestation, reforestation, making ridges, terracing.

9 the answers given here differs with the areas of study on the party of the learner. However leaf
vegetables prefer winter.

10 (a) tree nursery need where there is reliable water supply, soils should be loam, away from astray
animals, etc

(b) good spacing, conducive weather, fenced etc.

EXAMINATION 8

PAPER 1

1A 2B 3C 4A 5C

6B 7D 8A 9C 10 C

11 A 12 B 13 B 14 B 15 C

16 A 17 B 18 C 19 C 20 C

21 B 22 C 23 C 24 A 25 B

26 D 27 B 28 B 29 B 30 A

31 A 32 C 33 C 34 A 35

36 C 37 C 38 A 39 B 40 B

41 B 42 D 43 D 44 D 45 D

46 C 47 D 48 A 49 C 50 C

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EXAMINATION 8

PAPRE 2

SECTION A

1 (a) i) When one project fails another one will help, there is high income base, Spread of risks,
diseases can be controlled. ii) more experience is gained, requires low capital to start.

(b) Growing of fruits and vegetables.

2 (a) sheep, cotton

(b) floods can cause water logging, hail storm can damage crops, little rainfall causes wilting.

3 (a)

TOOL CLASS
Axe, saw, sickle etc Cutting tool
Pick Digging tool
Bucket, hose pipe etc Watering tool
(b) spade

(c) combine harvester.

4 (a) pruning, cultivating, spraying.

(b) they provide wind break.

5 (a) jam, juicy, marmalade.

(b) any termed animal such as cattle.

(c) chicken, ducks etc.

6 (a) temperature, humidity, rainfall, wind speed etc.

(b) i) hides, ii) wool, iii) feathers.

SECTION B

7 (a) by recycling it, making tanks, dams.

(b) tobacco, tea.

(c) source of income, employment creation, gives food.

(d) for micro-organisms to live, for plant roots to respire, improve organic matter decay.

(e) to be able to launch a complain when any problem arises.

9 (a) for beautification, to repel some pests.

(b) leaves are twisted at the edge, leaves are burnt at edges.

(c) 1 potatoes ______beans_____ wheat

2 wheat ________ potatoes ______beans

3 beans ________wheat ________ potatoes

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10 (a) dry grass, wood shavings, sand etc.

(b) pellets, mash, millet, concentrate.

(c) supermarkets, schools, locals.

EXAMINATION 9

PAPER 1

1C 2D 3A 4C 5B

6A 7A 8D 9C 10 B

11 C 12 C 13 B 14 C 15 C

16 C 17 D 18 B 19 A 20 D

21 A 22 A 23 C 24 C 25 C

26 A 27 B 28 D 29 D 30 B

31 D 32 B 33 B 34 D 35 C

36 A 37 A 38 C 39 B 40 D

41 C 42 D 43 A 44 B 45 B

46 A 47 D 48 B 49 C 50 A

EXAMINATION 9

PAPRE 2

SECTION A

1 Plants for beautifying the area.

2 Field crops; maize, sorghum, millet ctc. Garden crops; covo, rape, peas, cabbage etc

3 To work properly or to be sharp

4 Rogor , malathion , diamethoate , etc.

5Humidity___hygrometer. Wind speed __anemometer

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7 To dissolve nutrients, for living organisms to live, to avoid wilting

8 Plant roots, animal action, running water etc.

9 The use of agrochemicals.

10 To conserve moisture.

11 When the farmer make use of natural ecosystem for agriculture. Example is use of onions to expel
pests.

12 Deforestation, stream bank cultivation etc.

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13 Diarrhoea, cholera dysentery etc.

14 Leaf, legume, root, fruit.

15 By hand

16 It is a small animal that affects crops either by eating or by sucking sap.

17 Aphids, bagrada bug cutworm, beetles, locusts, cutworms etc.

18 Mize, millet, sorghum wheat etc.

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SECTION B

1 (a) Cabbage

Beans

Tomato

Onion

Carrot

2 (a) Water availability, type of soil, terrain,

(b) orange crush

(c) Lemon

3 (a) Purple_____ extremely poisonous

Red________ very poisonous

Orange _______dangerous

(b) witch weed

(c) a weed which live for more than two years.

4 (a) They provide draught power, attracts tourists, provide food etc.

(b) cheese, feathers, manure, etc.

(c) Pangolins, elephants, etc.

(d) To make shoes, belts, drums, etc.

5 (a) To protect them from predators, for them not to run astray.

(b) Battery cage, deep litter system.

(c) Hatch

(d) Kindling

6 Harrow, planter etc

7 A drawing of a mould board plough

EXAMINATION 10

PAPER 1

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1C 2A 3C 4A 5B

6D 7B 8B 9A 10 A

11 D 12 B 13 A 14 A 15 D

16 A 17 B 18 A 19 C 20 A

21 A 22 A 23 A 24 B 25 A

26 A 27 C 28 A 29 C 30 D

31 C 32 C 33 B 34 B 35 C

36 D 37 C 38 A 39 D 40

41 D 42 D 43 C 44 D 45 B

46 A 47 B 48 A 49 B 50 A

EXAMINATION 10

PAPRE 2

SECTION A

1 (a) Growing crops and keeping animals.

(b) Gives food, income, foreign currency, etc.

(c) Hunters and gatherers.

2 (a) Hoes, picks, shovels, etc.

(b) i) digging hard surfaces.

ii) For watering

iii) Weeding, shallow digging.

(c) Protective clothes, masks, overalls, etc

3 (a) 4

(b) In Summer/ rainy season/ hot wet season.

(c) In Winter.

(d) Winter

(e) Summer.

4 (a) sand, clay, loam, sand loam, etc.

(b) Clay

(c) Clay

(d) Sand

5 (a) Washing away of top soil by agents of erosion.

(b) Running water, moving animals, wind

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 (c) Human action

(d) True

6 (a) Watering animals/ mixing chemicals/ watering plants.

(b) A place where animals live.

(c) Rivers/ streams/ oceans/springs.

(d) False

SECTION B

7 (a) Flour, mealie meal,

(b) making

(c) decorations

(d) maize, wheat, groundnuts etc

(e) sadza

(e) In the garden

(f) i) cabbage, covo ,etc

ii) carrots, potatoes, etc.

(g) root

(h) leaf

8 (a) Moving seedlings from nursery to a permanent station.

(b) Nursery.

(c) A rake

(d) Hosepipe.

(e) Trees which grow naturally in our country’

(f) i) Mutondo, Musasa, etc.

ii) Orange, nartjees, etc.

(g) An orchard

(h) Gum tree

(i) oranges.

9 (a) Animals kept at home

(b) Lion, buffalo, etc.

(c) Provide food, attracts tourists.

(d) It affects human welfare.

(e) To dissolve nutrients, to promote turgid.

(f) Provide medicine, food, shed, etc.

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EXAMINATION 11

PAPER 1

1B 2C 3C 4C 5D

6B 7A 8A 9B 10 B

11 D 12 B 13 A 14 A 15 B

16 A 17 B 18 D 19 B 20 B

21C 22 D 23 D 24 D 25 C

26 C 27 D 28 A 29 C 30 A

31 C 32 B 33 C 34 A 35 C

36 B 37 D 38 D 39 D 40 B

41 D 42 A 43 C 44 D 45 B

46 A 47 B 48 A 49 B 50 A

EXAMINATION 11

PAPRE 2

SECTION A

1 (a) It is the growing of crops and raising of animals.

(b) Veterinary doctors, researchers, drivers, etc.

(c) Agricultural Engineering.

2 (a) ADVANTAGE: There is high income base, a farmer can rely on another crop if one crop fails

DISADVANTAGE: It needs high capital, It needs bigger space.

(b) i) Poisonous ii) Very poisonous iii) extremely poisonous

3 (a) i) A worker without any course. ii) A worker who had gone for a training at a college or
university. iii) A worker who is half trained like a tractor driver.

(b) Wear protective clothes/ do not spray on a windy day/ do not eat or smoke.

4 (a) 5

(b) Temperature and rainfall.

(c) Region 5

(d) Mutare/ Chipinge/ Chimanimani.

5 (a) Water, air, mineral matter, organic matter.

(b) Loam.

6 (a) weather is the condition of atmosphere at a given place and at a given time while climate
prevails over a long period.

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 (b) Deforestation, human action.

(c) Tomatoes

(c) Improves soil fertility, improves water holding capacity, improves warmth.

(d) Through irrigation

(e) has good drainage, has nutrients, has good water holding capacity, soil living organisms.

SECTION B

7 (a) By recycling,

(b) Tobacco, tea.

(c) Brings income, gives food, Is a source of employment.

(d) For living organisms to live, for roots to respire, improves decaying.

(e) Humus, compost

8 (a) A farmer will decide weather he is making profit or not, to plan the type of crop to grow, to
decide on how to use money economically.

(b) to know who borrowed the tools.

(c) amount you get and the amount you spent.

(d) inventory, production records, financial records, income and expenditure record.

(e) i) He made a profit. ii) $100

9 a = organic matter, b = water or air, c = water or air and d = inorganic matter or mineral
matter.

(b) the main parts of a plant in agriculture are roots, leaves, stem and flowers. NOTE: there is no
mark for labelling parts like bark or branches.

(c) Rice, rapoko, sorghum, etc.

10 (a) Ammonium nitrate, urea.

(b) Putting seeds in a furrow or in a line as we do when making a nursery for cabbages.

(c) Promotes life for the living organisms in soil, improves soil fertility, improves water holding
capacity, improves aeration, improves recommended soil structure in general.

(d) Good aeration, water holding capacity, drainage . Also promotes life, has nutrients.

(e) Irrigation.

EXAMINATION 12

PAPER 1

1A 2C 3C 4A 5B

6A 7B 8D 9D 10 C

11 C 12 B 13 A 14 A 15 C

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16 C 17 D 18 C 19 A 20 C

21 B 22 A 23 C 24 C 25 C

26 A 27 B 28 D 29 C 30 C

31 B 32 C 33 D 34 A 35 D

36 B 37 D 38 C 39 A 40 B

41 B 42 C 43 A 44 B 45 C

46 B 47 C 48 B 49 B 50 D

EXAMINATION 12

PAPRE 2

SECTION A

1 (a) Growing of crops and raising of animals.

(b) For employment creation, for providing food, improves foreign currency base, provide raw
materials for processing industries.

(c) 5

(d) Sitting and making of farm structures such as roads and buildings, maintenance of farm
machinery.

2 (a) Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring. NOTE a child can opt to describe the season there is no
problem such as for one can say, Cold dry season.

(b) i) millimetres ii) degrees Celsius.

3 (a) A diet which constitutes all the required nutrients in their correct proportion.

(b) Draught power, provide food, give manure.

(c) dams, boreholes, taps.

4 (a)

TOOL USE
(i) Spade Shallow digging

(ii) Mattock Digging and cutting

(iii)Any cutting tool such as Cutting tool
axe, slasher etc

(b) Rubber, wood, metal. NOTE: do not accept plastic.

5 (a) Lemon, orange, nartijies, grapes.

(b) Indigenous grow naturally in a country while exotic are brought from other countries.

(c) Provide wood, food for our animals, provide medicine, etc.

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6 (a) Physical, chemical, biological, mechanical.

(b) Running water, moving animals, acid rain. NOTE: wind only is not an agent but strong wind
carrying stones.

(c) Organic matter.

SECTION B

7 Here there is a variety of answers as the child can choose a leaf vegetable of choice.

(a) Cabbage, rape,

covo, cauliflower, (any brassica)
(b) Generally the land
need to be free from stumps, tilled and provide fine tilth, levelled, add organic matter.
(c) The learner need
to specify time of planting from the emergence of seedling. They also need to highlight the
importance of not removing soil from roots. They need to talk about watering seedbeds.
(d) This differs from
plant to plant.
(e) Normally this is by
cutting leaves.
(f) Differs but aphids,
cutworms, black moth, bagradfa bug.

8 (a) Small livestock is made of only rabbit and pouitry.

(b) Carring include housing, supplying of clean water and food, medication, disinfecting houses,
scouting for pests and diseases, etc.

(c) Products differs with the type of small livestock. Processing include slaughtering, dressing,
and packing. By products include pelts, manure, feathers, etc.

9 (a) An orchard should be: near a good supply of reliable water, soils should be deep and well
drained, land should be of gentle slop, place should be free from roaming/ astray animals. Should
be in the proximity.

(b) Should be fenced, regular check up of pests, pruned, make basins, water them, spray, etc.

(c) Provide food, wood, medicine, reduce soil erosion, provide organic matter, etc.

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DATE EXPENDITURE AMOUNT DATE INCOME AMOUNT
12/01/17 100 crates eggs $700______
Quail chicks $100 11/06/17 at $7 each

2 bags starter mash

at $30 each $60_______

2 bags growers
mash at $25 each $50_______

5 bags layers mash

at $20 each $100______

Chemicals $20
$700________
Total expenditure $330______ Total Income

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ii) $370 profit.

(b) Production records, inventory, tool issue record.

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