P5 7th Grade Pre Test

Growing of crops and rearing of animals is known as?

• a. Namadism

• b. Mining

• c. Horticulture

• d. Agriculture

__________ is a method used to control the wastage of water while farming.

• a. Drip irrigation

• b. Drip rotation

• c. Crop irrigation

• d. Crop rotation

__________ is the staple food of the US.

• a. Sugar cane

• b. Rice

• c. Maize

• d. Wheat

Planting seeds in a ploughed land is known as __________?

• a. Sown

• b. Seeing

• c. Sewing

• d. Sowing

Man learned ..... by understanding nature.

• a. Agriculture

• b. Eating

• c. Food

Can we grow enough food to become self-sufficient enough to stop buying it at the store?

• a. Yes

• b. No

Agriculture is best defined as

• a. the hunting and gathering

• b. using technology to increase production

• c. the cultivation of plants/domesticating animals

• d. the altering genetic material of plants

What type of farming is practiced to produce food for sale off the farm?

• a. Subsistence

• b. Commercial

• c. Seed

• d. Vegetative

Name the process of farming to produce food, animal feed and fibre.

• a. Rearing

• b. Agriculture

• c. Planting

• d. Horticulture

Rice, wheat, maize, millets and pulses are classified as ___________.

• a. Fibre Crops

• b. Food Crops

• c. Cash Crops

• d. Beverage Crops