FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

BIOLOGY
GRADE 7
Total Marks: 10
NAME: SEC: DATE:
Maize is an important cereal crop in many ports of the world. An experiment was carried out on a farm to
find out how adding different amount of nitrate containing fertilizers affected the amount of grains that the
farmer got from his maize crop. The graph shows the result

1. What yield of grains did the farmer get if he did not add any fertilizers to the field?
(1)

2. How much fertilizers should the farmer add to the field to get a 50 % increase in yield? Show your
working. (2)

3. The farmer decided that there was no need to add more than about 60 kg of fertilizers per hectare.
Explain how the results of the experiment support his decision. (3)

4. Explain why the yield of grain increases when nitrate containing fertilizers is added. (2)

5. Suggest why the results of the experiment might be different if it was repeated in a different place.
(2)