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Vocabulary of Agriculture

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Agriculture is the art and science of __ the soil, __ crops and raising __.

a)

mowing/selling/livestock

b)

cultivating/growing/livestock

c)

growing/planting/livestock

d)

All of the above

2.

Agriculture includes the preparation of plant and __ products for people to use and their __ to markets.

a)

animal/money

b)

animal/import

c)

animal/distribution

d)

goats/exportation

3.

Agriculture provides most of the world’s food and __.

a)

water

b)

chicken

c)

animals

d)

fabrics

4.

Cotton, wool, and leather are all agricultural __.

a)

products

b)

things

c)

events

d)

foods

5.

Agriculture includes such forms of cultivation as hydroponics and aquaculture. Both involve farming in __.

a)

water

b)

fluid

c)

liquid

d)

irrigation

6.

Hydroponics is the __ of growing plants in nutrient solutions. Aquaculture is primarily the cultivation of __.

a)

activity/fish and shellfish

b)

science/fish and poultry

c)

activity/piggery and snailery

d)

science/fish and shellfish

7.

Crops are __ according to the season, type of soil, and amount of water needed.

a)

planted

b)

harvested

c)

irrigated

d)

watered

8.

In coastal West Africa, farmers plant corn soon after the first rains of the __ season. They often use an ancient __ of clearing called slash-and-burn.

a)

growing/way

b)

planting/arrangement

c)

growing/method

d)

harvesting/method

9.

First, the farmers cut all the brush in their plot. When the vegetation dries, they set fire to it. The __ from the fire makes the soil easy to turn, and the burned vegetation __ it. The farmer then sows kernels of corn saved from the previous year’s __.

a)

rain/fertilizer/harvest

b)

heat/fertilises/harvest

c)

coolness/maure/grow

d)

hotness/fertilises/harvester

10.

The practice of growing several crops in the same plot is called __ which prevents moisture loss and soil __ from seasonal rains; by covering most of the ground with __.

a)

joint planting/watering/vegetables

b)

multiple planting/irrigation/weeds

c)

mixture planting/flooding/flowers

d)

intercropping/erosion/vegetation

11.

__ supplies water for the growing plants.

a)

Rain

b)

Tap

c)

Flood

d)

River

12.

Animal __ is another system of agriculture.

a)

raising

b)

caring

c)

husbandry

d)

grazing

13.

In many countries, domesticated animals are an important __ of food.

a)

type

b)

method

c)

system

d)

source

14.

For example, the Fulani people in West Africa have long been __. They move with their cattle __ from one __ area to another.

a)

nomads/herbs/grazing

b)

nomads/herds/grazing

c)

grazers/cows/herding

d)

grazers/animals/eating