Identify the following methods of planting seeds (2mks)
Name 3 factors that determine the appropriate time for planting. (3mks)
Thinning and gapping are some of the practices done by farmers during crop management. Differentiate between thinning and gapping. (2mks) Thinning Gapping
What is animal handling? (1mks)
Name 2 forms or ways of animal handling. (2mks)
Otieno has a pet that he bought from an animal farm. Name other 3 ways otieno could have acquired the pet. (3mks)
Name 3 factors that Otieno might have considered when selecting his pet. (3mks)
Explain the meaning of sorting eggs? (1mks)
Give 2 importances of processing honey. (2mks)
What is off season cropping. (1mks)
Give 3 importances of off-season cropping. (3mks)
The picture below shows a type of garden constructed by grade 7 learners.
What type of garden did the learner construct? (1mk)
Name 3 factors that learners considered when selecting materials for constructing the garden. (3mk)
The process of changing a product from its original state to a move suitable state is known as (1mk)
Give 4 benefits of modifying a product from one state to another. (4mks)
MARKING SCHEME
Soil pollution
Dumping of plastic wastes
Excessive use of fertilizers
Excessive use of agrochemicals
poor disposal of used chemical conatiners
earth basin
water retention ditches
water retention pits
mulching
slashing
uprooting weeds
allowing livestock to feed on weeds
Is the practise of growing crops, trees and rearing livestock in the same piece of land
Fast growth rate
deep rooted
should have multiple uses
be able to fix nitrogen into the soil
Is an area in which crops are grown form planting materials until ready for harvesting or transplanting
Groundsites
Non-ground sites (container sites)
seeds
stem cuttings
suckers
Drilling
Dibbling
timed markest
onset of the rain
soil moisture
Time of harvesting/weather condition
Thinning - is the practise of uprooting excess seedlings from where the're overcrowded
Gapping - The practise of replacing seeds that did not germinate or the seedlings that dried up.
Animal handling refers to how people treat and act when working with animals/transporting animals.
human
inhuman
gifts
inheriting
adopting
social factors
safety factors
legal factors
economic factors
age
health
Refers to the process of separating eggs according to size, colour and shape.
Stays fresh for a longer period/increases shelf life
Mantains good flavour
Refers to the production of crops after or before their normal season