PRIMARY SCHOOL

GRADE 7 EXAMS

AGRICULTURE, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY PAPER 2

SECTION A

Answer ALL questions in this section

1. (a) Define the term agriculture. (1)

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(b) How is agriculture important at national level? (2)

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ii. …………………………………………………………………………………

(c) State one career in agriculture (1)

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(d) What is research in agriculture? (1)

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2. (a) Define deforestation (1)

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(b) State any one cause of deforestation. (1)

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(c) In which month is the Zimbabwe National Tree Planting Day (1)

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(d) Why should farmers erect a fence around their crops? (1)

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e) How can farmers reduce plant damage from veld fire? (1)

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3. (a) What is weathering? (1)

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(b) Organic matter is made up of .............. and ............... remains (2)

(c) Give two types of weathering. (2)

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ii. …………………………………………………………………………………

4. (a) List two examples of chronic diseases (2)

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ii. ………………………………………………………………………………...

(b) State two ways of controlling hypertension. (2)

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ii. ………………………………………………………………………………...

(c) Covid 19 is caused by a ………………………………………. (1)

5a) The diagram above illustrates a ……………. type of network topology (1)

b) Name another type of network topology (1)

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c) Give one example of a search engine. (1)

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d) What do you need to be able to send and receive e-mails? (1)

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e) WhatsApp can be used to send and receive video messages and images.
True/False. ………………………… (1)
SECTION B

Answer any TWO questions in this section

6. a) Making water dirty such that it will not be fit for drinking is called (1)

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b) Water can be polluted by …………………….. [1]

c) Water pollution can be controlled by ……………………….. [1]

d) Define water cycle. [1]

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e) If you breathe on a window pane, what will you see on it? [1]

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7. a) Which part of a plant holds leaves and branches? [1]

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b) The function of the roots is to …………………………………… [1]

c) Flowers produce …………………………………………………. [1]

d) If you cover and tie some leaves with a transparent plastic pocket, what will
you discover the following day? [1]

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e) Gaseous exchange and food manufacturing happens in the [1]

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8. a) Give an example of cop pests [1]

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b) What is the effect of pests in crops? [1]

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c) Give one method that can a farmer use to control pests.

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d) Besides pests what else can damage crops? [1]

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e) Fire can be controlled from damaging crops by [1]

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SECTION C

Answer any TWO questions in this section

9a) State one indigenous and one exotic method of preserving food. [2]

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ii. ………………………………………………………………………

b) What causes food to go bad? [1]

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c) Give one advantage of preserving food. [1]

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d) Name the force that pulls everything towards the centre of the earth [1]

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10. a) Name any water sport [1]

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b) Name any two tourist resort centres found in Zimbabwe [2]

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c) List two economic uses of water [2]

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ii. …………………………………………………………………………………

11a) State any advantage of organic manure [1]

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b) Name the process by which rocks break down to form soil [1]

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c) Pure gold is measured in …………………………………………… [1]

d) Define wildlife …………………………………………………………… [1]

e) State one reason why wildlife is important to people [1]

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SECTION D

Answer any ONE question from this section

12a) What is e-banking? [1]

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b) The e-banking system can offer services like [2]

i. ………………………………………………………………….

ii. …………………………………………………………………

c) How does e-registration benefit a Grade 7 learner after results are released[1]

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d) What is a computer virus? [1]

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e) How can users protect their computers from virus? [1]

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13a) Answer question (i) and (ii) using the following

ID Surname First name DOB Address

001 Shumba Admire 01/01/2018 200 Woodlands, Gweru
002 Moyo Deon 02/02/2017 20824 Cranbrook, Ruwa
003 Haaland Erling 03/03/2018 3486 Nyathi Cres, Ruwa

i) Name the program that is used to create the table above [1]

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ii) The name given to the table above is a ……………………………….. [1]

b) What is computer addiction? [1]

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c) Yahoo is an example of a search engine. True or False? [1]

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d) What is the PowerPoint software used for? [1]

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