ONE WAY SCHOOL MID YEAR ONLINE ASSESSMENT GRADE 3 DATE: THURSDAY 13 AUGUST 2020 CONTENT AGRICULTURE Instructions for the online assessment Write the answers only. Number your answers correctly. Make sure there is your full name on your answer sheet. For marking Either inbox your answer sheet to your teacher’s whatsapp number in form of a picture. Or you can type the answers and inbox them directly to your teachers whatsapp number. Your teacher’s whatsapp number is 0772987368. Do not send your answers in the main whatsapp class group. THERE ARE 40 QUESTIONS IN THIS PAPER ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS 1. Wilting is when plants ………….……………………… A. are very fresh B. are too many in the garden C. lose freshness D. are drying 2. Which of the following tools is used for shallow cultivation? A. B. C. D) 3. Which animal gives us leather? A. Cattle B. Chicken C. Cat D. Dog 4. We get rains in …………………… season. A. Spring B. winter C. summer D. autumn 5. Select a list of digging tools. A. hoe, spade, garden fork B. axe, sickle, slasher C. hosepipe, tank, engine D. hoe, handfork, shovel 6. Select a field crop from the list. A. Cabbage B. Lettuce C. Carrots D. Sunflower 7. Which tool is used when spraying plants with chemicals? A. Spade B. Knapsack sprayer C. Bucket D. Sickle 8. The activity of weeding in a maize field is common in .……………………………. A. summer B. winter C. spring D. autumn 9. What is mineral matter? A. dead plants B. dead animals C. decaying plants and animals D. rock particles 10. Agriculture include the rearing of ………………… A. crops B. plants C. livestock D. farmers 11. Which of the following is not a sign of soil erosion? A. thick grass covering the soil B. muddy water flowing over the soil C. channels and trenches on the ground D. dusty winds 12. ………………. is an indigenous tree. A. acacia B. palm C. mutondo D. gum tree 13. Which of the following defines soil erosion? A. washing away of litter by water B. removal of mineral water C. removal of top soil by wind or water D. falling of heavy rain 14. The harvesting of maize is common in ….……………………………………… A. summer B. autumn C. winter D. spring 15. The amount of nutrients in the soil is a measure of its ……………. A. fertility B. infertility C. rubbish D. manure 16. A compost heap should not be too large because …………………… A. it will take more time to mature B. it will take less time to mature C. material will fall off. D. watering will be difficult 17. What do we call soil which is rich in nutrients to make plants grow well? A. fertile soil B. sand soil C. clay soil D. nutrients 18. ………… is cereal crop. A. mango B. tomato C. cerevita D. sorghum 19. The soil with big grains is called ………………………………….. A. Clay B. sand C. fertile D. loam 20. ……….. is an exotic tree. A. cyprus B. mupfuti C. mopane D. musasa 21. Which material is not suitable for making compost? A. manure B. groundnut stover C. maize stalks D. plastic bags 22. …………… is a winter crop. A. Maize B. Wheat C. Potato D. Sugarcane 23. What is the use of compost? A. provides plant nutrients B. to dump animals C. to dump clover D. bedding 24. ……….. is a root vegetable A. Potato B. Onion C. Tomato D. Cabbage 25. …………. is the growing of flowers and shrubs to beautify our environment. A. Agriculture B. Apiculture C. Ornamental Horticulture D. Agronomy 26. What is bedding material used for? A. covering the floor B. cleaning C. feeding broilers D. absorbing water 27. A compost heap should be ………………….…………………. A. 1,3m B. 1m C. 1,4m D. 1,2m 28. Crop remains are called ………………………………………… A. bedding B. trample C. season D. stover 29. When we use water in a small garden, we call this ………………………………… A. watering B. irrigating C. dripping D. flooding 30. A shrub has ……………………………. A. a thin and soft stem B. hard stems C. no leaves D. multiple stems near the ground 31. Irrigation is when we ……………………………………. A. water small pieces of land B. water large pieces C. water the garden D. plant vegetables 32. ………… is an indigenous vegetable. A. cucumber B. black jack C. spinach D. cabbage 33…………….. is an ornamental plant. A. Lawn B. Tomato C. Sun flower D. Maize 34. When irrigating ……………………… are used. A. buckets B. watering cans C. sprinklers D. wheel barrows 35. Which of the following is a buy product of sun flowers? A. flowers B. mazoe C. cooking oil D. sun 36. A ……….. is a leaf vegetable. A. carrot B. banana C. rape D. beetroot 37. People like indigenous vegetables because they help our bodies to fight __________. A. corruption B. diseases C. laziness D. coldness 38. Which of the following plants can be used to process mealie meal? A. potato B. rapoko C. rice D. wheat 39. A …………… is a legume A. soya bean B. beetroot C. pine apple D. bee 40. ………….. belong to the grass family. A. banana B. sorghum C. onion D. ground nuts Work prepared by Uncle Prince .