Grade 3 agriculture term 2 holiday work

Day 1

1. What is agriculture?
2. What is a domestic animal? Give two examples.
3. Crops are plants grown for _________and _________
4. Give one example of a field crop and one example of a vegetable crop.
5. Why are crops and animals important in agriculture?

Day 2

1. Draw and label the following tools

a) Hoe
b) Rake
c) Watering can
2. ______and ___________ are digging tools.
3. ______________ is used to cut grass.
4. ______________is used to carry garden produce.
5. All tools at home or at school must be written in an ___________

Day 3

1. Garden tools are useful but if they are used wrongly people can ___________ themselves.
2. State whether the statements are True or False
a) Tools should be thrown to others.
b) A rake should be left in pathways while facing upwards.
c) When you want to spray the garden using chemicals, you should wear protective
clothing.

Day 4

1. Name the four seasons in Zimbabwe.

2. State the months that fall under each season.
3. What two signs show to indicate the four seasons. State signs for each season.

Day 5

1. What is soil?
2. Name the three types of soil.
3. Name four materials used for making compost.
4. What is soil erosion?
5. Name four signs of soil erosion in the environment.

Day 6

1. Name 5 uses of water in agriculture

 2. Three tools used when watering crops are ______,___________ and _________
3. When we water on small pieces of land we use_____________
4. Irrigation is done on large pieces of land, we use ________ and ____________ for irrigating.
5. Water is conserved in ___________, ______________ and ____________

Day 7

1. Draw a tree and label it. Show the roots, the trunk, the branches and the leaves.
2. Draw a shrub and label it.
3. Draw a grass and label it.
4. ____________ are trees that originate from our country and they grow on their own.

Day 8

1. The food needed by plants which they take up through the roots is called_______.
2. Common main nutrients needed by plants are _____, ________ and __________.
3. Three sources of plant nutrients are.
4. Manure from animals is called_______.
5. Three animals that give us manure are_______, __________ and __________.
6. Compost is made up of___________, ____________ and _________.

Day 9

1. Four examples of exotic vegetables are.

2. Four examples of indigenous vegetables are.
3. Vegetables grow well in ______soils.
4. Vegetables are used as ________ or part of a meal.

Day 10

1. Field crops are grown in the __________.

2. Field crops can be ________food crops or ________ crops.
3. A _________ food is food that people in an area eat most of the time.
4. _________ crops are crops people grow to sale in order to get money.
5. State 3 crops that give us mealie meal.
6. State 3 crops that are grown for export.
7. State 3 crops that give us cooking oil.

Day 11

1. Fruit trees are usually grown in an __________

2. Name four indigenous fruit trees.
3. What is forestry?
4. The land we grow trees is called__________.
5. Plantations are common in the Eastern highlands that is ______, __________ and
__________.
6. Trees are important because they give us _______, __________, __________, ______ and
________.

Day 12

1. ___________ is the growing of vegetables and orchard crops.

2. __________ means decorative.
 3. _______ is the growing of decorative plants like shrubs and flowers.
4. ________, ___________ and __________ are common flowers found at schools and homes.
5. _________, ___________ and ________ are shrubs which beautifies homes or schools.

Day 13

1. Animals we keep at home are called _______animals.

2. Name four domestic animals.
3. List four uses of domestic animals.
4. Draw any domestic animals of your choice and label them.

Day 14

1. Name two animal feeds that you know.

2. Animal feeds can be classified into _______ and ________

Day 15

1. Small livestock can be ________ and _______.

2. List four examples of poultry.
3. Draw two poultry animals and label.

Day 16

1. What is apiculture?
2. Write three differences between bees and other insects.
3. Draw a bee and label

Day 17

1. What is a farm implement?

2. Name three farm implements.
3. Draw one farm implement and label it.

Day 18

1. What is agribusiness?
2. List four agricultural products.
3. Draw one agricultural product.