Agriculture Homework Activities - CBC Grade 4

QUESTIONS

Soils and its uses

1. State three types of soils
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   2. ....................................................................
   3. ....................................................................
2. Which type of soil allows a lot of water to pass through it? ....................................................................
3. Which type of soil has the smallest soil particles? ....................................................................

Write True or False

4. Clay soil drains the most water ....................................................................
5. Loam soil has the finest particles ....................................................................
6. Sand soil is used in building houses ....................................................................
7. Omodi wanted to make a pot. Which type of soil would you advise him to use? ....................................................................
8. ....................................................................soil has medium sized soil particles
9. Name one area where clay soil can be found in your locality. ....................................................................

Compost Manure

1. State any four materials that can be used to make compost manure
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   2. ....................................................................
   3. ....................................................................
   4. ....................................................................
2. Compost manure makes the soil .................................................................... (weak, fertile)
3. Which one of these materials is not required when making compost manure? ....................................................................(Banana leaves, plastic bottle, maize stalks)
4. Why is compost manure good for farming? ....................................................................

Write true or false

5. We apply compost manure to make the soil more fertile ....................................................................
6. Compost manure kills sm all animals in the soil ....................................................................
7. Plastic bottles are needed to prepare compost manure ....................................................................

Water

1. State the uses of water shown in each of the pictures below.
   
2. The type of irrigation shown below is called ....................................................................
3. The type of irrigation in the picture above water ....................................................................(wastes, conserves)

LIVING BETTER WITH WILD ANIMALS

1. The following are some of the animals that cause damage to crops. Name them.
   
2. An example of a wild animals that feed on chicken is ....................................................................(Rats, mongoose, moles)
3. Draw and colour a scarecrow that can be used to scare some wild animals.
   
4. ....................................................................destroy the roots of plants. (Birds, moles, leopards)
5. Name two materials needed when making a scarecrow
   1. ....................................................................
   2. ....................................................................

GROWING FRUITS

1. The putting of materials such as grass and maize stalks On a nursery bed to protect it from the heat from the sun is called .................................................................... (weeding, mulching, spraying),
2. The process of removing excess seedlings from a nursery bed is known as ....................................................................(Mulching, watering, thinning)
3. The process of removing unwanted plants in a nursery bed is called .................................................................... (Planting, weeding, mulching)
4. The process of moving a fruit seedling from a nursery to the main farm is called ....................................................................(Transferring, transplanting, transpiration)
5. Name the fruits in the pictures below;
6. We should remove excess branches from a fruit tree. .................................................................... (True or False)
7. What can be done to take care of a young fruit tree seedling after moving it from the nursery to the main farm? ....................................................................
8. What is the colour of the following fruits when they are ripe?
   1. Mango ....................................................................
   2. Tomato ....................................................................
9. Adding manure to fruit trees makes them .................................................................... (weak, healthy)
10. Why is it important to water fruit trees?  ....................................................................

FARM ANIMALS

1. Write the name of the animals and the products we get from them
   
2. Name any three farm animals found in your home
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   2.  ....................................................................
   3.  ....................................................................
3. Name two farm animals that give us eggs
   1.  ....................................................................
   2.  ....................................................................
4. Which of these animals helps in transporting heavy loads?  ....................................................................(Dogs, camels, goats)
5. Sheep are not kept for  ....................................................................(Mutton, milk, wool)
6. Draw and colour one farm animals kept for meat 
   

GARDENING PRACTICES

1. Which nutrients do we get from vegetables?  ....................................................................(proteins, vitamins, carbohydrates)
2. Name three examples of cereal crops 
   
   1.  ....................................................................
   2.  ....................................................................
   3.  ....................................................................
3. The pictures below show some common vegetables. Name them
   
4. Complete the table below
   

   	Name of vegetable	Part eaten
   a	Spinach
   b	Onion
   c	Cabbage
   d	Kales

5. Name three examples of legumes
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   2.  ....................................................................
   3.  ....................................................................
6. What care do carrots need while in a nursery bed?  ....................................................................
7. Which nutrients do we get from legume crops? ....................................................................(Vitamin, carbohydrates, proteins)

GARDENING TOOLS AND E UIPMENT

1. Name the following gardening tools
   
2. Why is it necessaryto clean gardening tools after use?  ....................................................................
3. Write two safety measures to observe when using gardening tools and equipment
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   2.  ....................................................................
   3.  ....................................................................
4. Which one of these gardening tools is used for digging?  ....................................................................(jambe, rake, spade)
5. Name any two gardening tools and equipment used in gardeniasg practices for carrots
   1.  ....................................................................
   2.  ....................................................................
6. 
   The gardening toot shown in the above picture is  ....................................................................
7. Write one use of a rake in a farm  ....................................................................