Eight multiple choice and two written, marked as you go. Free, no account.
Soil science
Answer: B. It is a mixture that can drain and still hold water and nutrients
Loam is a mixture of sand, silt and clay, usually with organic matter. It is not a fourth particle size. Sand drains quickly and holds little. Clay holds water and can drain poorly. A loam is used for many food crops because it does some of both jobs. Solid rock is not a soil texture class.
Soil science
Answer: C. Planting across the slope and keeping the soil covered
Water running straight downhill gathers speed and carries topsoil. Ploughing and planting across the slope, on the contour, slow that flow. A cover of plants or mulch stops raindrops from detaching soil. Bare ground and the removal of organic matter make erosion worse, not better.
Crop production
Answer: B. The seedlings are delicate and the farmer can select the strong ones
Tomato seed is small and the young plant is easily damaged, so a protected bed is easier to manage than a whole field of seedlings. At transplanting the farmer keeps the vigorous plants. Maize and groundnut are usually sown direct. A nursery still needs water. It does not replace watering, and tomato is a soil grown crop.
Crop production
Answer: A. Dry grain is less likely to mould and to attract storage pests
Damp grain moulds and is more readily attacked by weevils and other storage insects. Drying does not add seeds to a cob that has already been harvested, and it does not remove the need for a store. The store still has to keep that dry grain where pests cannot easily enter. Drying is a step between harvest and sale or use.
Animal production
Answer: C. Goat
A goat is a ruminant. It chews the cud and microbes in the rumen digest fibre, so it can live largely on forage. A broiler and a pig are non ruminants. They need a richer feed because they cannot use grass the way a goat can. A rabbit digests forage differently and is not classed with cattle, sheep and goats in this topic.
Animal production
Answer: B. Birds are housed, and the farmer supplies the feed and manages them closely
An intensive system confines the birds and supplies feed, water and close management. The cost is higher, and so is the output from a small piece of land. Birds that range and find their own feed are in an extensive system. Housing does not remove the need for water. A one day life is not a production system.
Agricultural economics
Answer: C. GH₵ 500
Profit is revenue minus total cost. 2,000 minus 1,500 is 500 cedis. Adding the two figures gives neither profit nor revenue. The 2,000 cedis is revenue, which still includes the costs. The 1,500 cedis is the cost, not the profit. A large sale can still leave a small profit when costs are high.
Farm tools and mechanisation
Answer: B. Hoe
A hoe draws soil and cuts weeds at the root between crop rows. A watering can applies water. A wheelbarrow carries materials. A seed tray belongs in a nursery. Using the watering can as a weeding tool would not control the weeds, and it shows the tool was not matched to the task.
State one property of a sandy soil and one property of a clay soil. (2 marks)
Explain why many food crops are grown on a loam. (3 marks)
Answer the parts you can. Everything you write is marked together.
Marking guide
(a) Sand: fast drainage, poor nutrient holding, or easy to work: 1 mark. Clay: high water holding, slow drainage, or hardness when dry: 1 mark.
(b) Loam is a mixture rather than one particle size: 1 mark. It drains and still holds water or nutrients: 1 mark. That balance suits roots, which need air and moisture: 1 mark.
Marking guide
One advantage, such as speed, timeliness or less drudgery: 1 mark. A second advantage, different from the first: 1 mark. One limit that fits small or scattered plots, such as cost, moving time or lack of turning room: 1 mark. A second limit, different from the first: 1 mark.
Topics on this page: Soil science; Crop production; Animal production; Agricultural economics; Farm tools and mechanisation.
Notes, practice questions and a mark scheme for topics on the syllabus.
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