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WorksheetsAgriculture Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which layer of soil contains lots of roots and minerals for growing plants?
Topsoil
Subsoil
Bedrock
Parent Material
True or False: The layers of soil go in this order: Topsoil, bedrock, subsoil.
True
False
Peter wants to grow some sweet peppers in his garden. He tests the pH of the soil and finds that the pH is very low. What can he do to increase the pH?
Add Fertilizer
Add Manure
Add Limestone
Water the soil
True or False: A pH of 14 would be too basic for a plant to survive.
True
False
Duncan went to buy some fertilizer for his lettuce crop. The shopkeeper told him that he should buy a fertilizer high in Nitrogen (N). Why did the shopkeeper recommend this?
Lettuce is a leafy crop and leafy crops require more Nitrogen (N)
Nitrogen (N) is important for flowering crop and lettuce is a flowering crop
Nitrogen (N) is important for root development and lettuce is a root crop
Nitrogen is the most important nutrient
What is used by organic farmers to enrich the soil?
Fertilizer
Pesticides
Antibiotics
Manure from animals
Who uses herbicides to stop the growth of weeds?
Conventional Farmer
Organic Farmer
Who pulls weeds by hand?
Conventional Farmer
Organic Farmer
Photosynthesis takes place inside the _____
Chloroplast
Mitochondria
Parenchyma
Mesophyll
Which nitrogen cycle process is occurring when bacteria convert ammonium to nitrite and then into nitrate?
nitrogen fixation
nitrification
denitrification
ammonification
assimilation
Which of the following is a primary macronutrient essential for plant growth?
Nitrogen (N)
Iron (Fe)
Zinc (Zn)
Copper (Cu)
What is the process by which plants lose water vapor through small openings on their leaves called stomata?
Transpiration
Photosynthesis
Respiration
Guttation
In an experiment, a farmer uses two different types of soil to grow the same crop. Soil A has a pH of 6.5, while Soil B has a pH of 8.0. Which soil is more acidic?
Soil A
Soil B
Both are equally acidic
Neither is acidic
Which of the following agricultural practices helps in preventing soil erosion?
Contour plowing
Overgrazing
Deforestation
Monoculture
