SCRIPTURE UNION INTERNATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL

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PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATION (2023/2024 ACADEMIC SESSION)
Subject: AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE Class: SS1 Duration: 1 hour, 30 Minutes
Name of Student

Instructions: This paper is made up of TWO sections A & B. Answer all the questions in Sections (A) and only
THREE Questions in Section (B)
SECTION A (OBJECTIVE)

1. The uppermost layer of the earth crust is (A) rock (B) land (C) earth (D) vegetation
2. All these are components of the earth crust except (A) water (B) soil (C) air (D)rent
3. Land is a ____ (A) valuable (B) natural gift (C) collateral (D) asset
4. The places where wild animals are kept is referred to as (A) forest reserves (B) game reserves (C) poaching reserve (D)
bet reserves
5. ________ is the indiscriminate killing of animals (A) poaching (B) hunting (C) fishing (D) Extinction
6. Wild life refers to as ______ and _________ animals (A) land and forest (B) rock and soil (C) animals and birds (D)
goats and monogastrics
7. The slope of a land is referred to as __________ (A) topography (B) soil surface (C) land tenure (D)land demand
8. ___________ is geographically immobile (A) climate (B) vegetation (C) land (D) agriculture
9. Non-agricultural land can be used for all these except (A) mining (B) residential purposes (C) crop production (D)
educational purposes
10. All these are ways of preventing crop diseases except (A) cultural method (B) use of resistant crops (C) climatic factor
method (D) use of chemical resistance
11. A chemical pesticide poisonous to fungi is referred to as (A) herbicides (B) pesticides (C) fungicides (D) pharmacies
12. A feeding formula where animals feed on dead and decaying organic matter is referred to as (A) holozoic (B)
saprophytic (C) parasitic (D) xerophytic
13. The organism causing harm in parasitic nutrition is referred to as (A) host (B) parasite (C) cell (D) bacteria
14. Competition between members of the same species is called (A) inter specific competition (B) intra specific
competition (C) infra specific competition (D) inner competition
15. A forest kept by government for specific purpose is called (A) forest host (B) legal forest (C) forest reserve (D) forest
trade
16. An area that lacks rainfall is referred to as (A) irrigation area (B) drought area (C) edaphic factor (D) volatilization
17. Air in motion is called (A) humidity (B) pressure (C) wind (D) dust
18. The amount of heat or sun ray radiated to the atmosphere can be referred to as (A) sunlight (B) solar radiation (C)
vulcanization (D) magmaziation
19. _______ erosion occurs when raindrops falling on the soil particles allow narrow tracks (A) splash erosion (B) rill
erosion (C) gully erosion (D) sheet erosion
20. All these are examples of metamorphic rocks except? (A) marble (B) slate (C) quartzite (D) granite

SUBJECTIVE: ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

21. _________ is defined as any mineral material of the earth
22. The activities of organisms help to ____________ the process of soil formation
23. In soil formation, which of the process have agents such as wind, temperature, water and pressure___________
24. ___________ is when water combines with or bind to some minerals
25. ___________ is brought about by the combination of carbonate or bicarbonate ions with rock mineral
26. __________ process involves the activities of plant and animals in the breaking down of rocks to form soil
27. ___________ is the uppermost layer of the earth crust
28. ___________ is the breaking down of rock masses into simpler forms through agents such as physical, chemical, and
biological
29. Complete these hydrolysis equation: CaSio3 + 2H2O----H2SIO3 +___________
30. ____________ is the breakdown of chemical bond in the mineral by water

SECTION B (THEORY)
Attempt only three (3) questions

QUESTION 1

a. Briefly explain the land use policy in Nigeria

b. Explain two agricultural and 2 non-agricultural uses of land
c. Explain briefly one factor affecting land availability for agricultural production
d. Define land and mention one-way agricultural land may appreciate in value

QUESTION 2

a. What is a game Reserve?

b. List 4 animals that can be conserved in a game reserve
c. mention two game reserves in Nigeria and two forest reserves in Nigeria
d. Why should poaching be prohibited

QUESTION 3

a. Define Rock
b. Explain the mode of Igneous rock formation
c. List and explain two types of igneous rocks
d. Give one example of each of these rocks
i. IGNEOUS___________
ii. SEDIMENTARY_______
iii. METAMORPHIC______

QUESTION 4

a. Define soil
b. List and explain any 2 factors of soil formation
c. Mention the 3 processes of soil formation
d. Discuss the chemical weathering of rocks

QUESTION 5

a.
Write a short note and give examples of these
i. Competition
ii. Predation
iii. Commensalism
iv. Symbiosis
b. Define soil Erosion and list the four types of erosion