GOPHERWOOD ACADEMY

GRADE SIX EXAMINATIONS, 2021

AGRICULTURE, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PAPER 2
TIME: 2hours

SECTION A: (25 MARKS)

Answer ALL questions in this section
1. a) Name any tool used for spraying in agriculture. (1)
b) What is the meaning of the triangle on chemical containers? (1)
c) What should be worn by a person to avoid poisoning through inhalation? (1)
d) Write down two safety precautions to observe when using chemicals. (2)

2. a) Define the following terms.

(i) Water harvesting
(ii) Water pollution
b) The soil moisture conservative shown in the diagram below is called………….. (1)

c) Why are water tanks on a farm placed on high platforms (1)

d) Give one form of precipitation. (1)

3. a) Define the following terms as they are used in agriculture.

(i) Income (1)
(ii) Expenditure (1)
b) What is the importance of a budget to a farmer? (1)
c) State any natural cause that can result in a business incurring loss. (1)
d) Suggest how the cause above can be controlled (1)

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SECTION B
Answer ALL questions in this section.

4. a) Rickets is caused by …………………………….. (1)

b) Name any one protective food. (1)
c) Lack of iodine causes………………………. (1)
d) Name any two renewable fuels. (2)

5. a) What is hacking? (1)

b) Give any two bad effects of hacking. (2)
c) Name the component of the computer which processes information. (1)
d) Name any one input device. (1)

SECTION C: (15 MARKS)

Answer any TWO questions from this section.

6. a) What is a plant nursery? (1)

b) Explain how the following affect plant growth.
(i) Pests (1)
(ii) Weeds (1)
c) What is soil fertility? (1)
d) Identify one minor plant nutrient found in the soil. (1)

7. a) What is the difference between partial and whole farm budget? (1)
b) What are agrochemicals? (1)
c) What is water retention in soil? (1)
d) Give one advantage of exporting farm produce to other countries? (1)
e) Which crop is referred to as the golden leaf of Zimbabwe? (1)

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8. Study a financial record for Rabbit Enterprises. Fill in the boxes marked (i), (ii), (iii)
and (iv).

Date Expenditure $ Date Income $

01-01- 4 pregnant does @ $30 (i) 12-04-20 Sales of 10 rabbits 250
20 each @25 each
01-01- Rabbit pellets 10x50kg 20-04-20 8 rabbits @ $25 (iii)
20 @ $26 per bag (ii) each
(iv)
b) Calculate the profit or loss. (1)

Study the diagram below and answer the questions that follow.

9 a) What is the name of the system shown above? (1)

b) What is digestion? (1)
c) Where does absorption of food into the blood stream take place? (1)
d) Name two types of worms that live in the gut tube. (2)

10 a) Which compound is shown on the diagram below? (1)

O

H H
b) Name the two elements which make up salt. (2)
c) Give any two man-made landforms that can be shown on the map. (2)

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11 a) Give any two effects of climate change. (2)
b) Which electric component allows current to flow in only one direction? (1)
c) Which pandemic disease spread rampantly throughout the whole world in 2020? (1)
d) State one effect of GMOs. (1)

SECTION D: (10 MARKS)

Answer any ONE question from this section.

12. a) Which Ms Office is used to make

(i) a database? (1)
(ii) a spreadsheet? (1)
b) Name any two system software. (2)
c) Give any one computer fault. (1)

13 Study the diagram below which shows the type of network topology.

a) Name the type of topology shown. (1)

b) What do we call characters in scratch programming? (1)
c) Give any two careers in ICT. (2)
d) What do we find at the centre of the star topology? (1)

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