Grade 5 Agriculture Questions

Grade 5 agriculture questions
Lesson 1
1. List four agricultural activities done in the community.

2. List 3 importance of agriculture to the community.
3. List four importance of agriculture to the nation.
4. What is foreign currency?
5. What is the name of our nation?
Lesson 2
1. In the following classes of tools may you give 3 examples and their uses.
a) Digging tools
b) Cutting tools
c) Watering tools
d) Spraying tools
e) Levelling tool
2. Design a farm inventory tool.
3. Draw any two tools of your choice, state their use and label
Lesson 3
1. How do farm tools last longer?

2. State 3 ways we can practice safety in the store room?
3. State 3 ways we can safely handle and use tools.
4. What is barter trade?
5. What is the danger of rust on tools?
Lesson 4
1. What is farming?
2. What is weather?
3. Name five weather elements.
4. State the instruments used to measure the five weather elements mentioned above.
5. State the S.I units of the following
a) Rainfall
b) Temperature
c) Wind speed
6. What do we mean when we say humidity is high?
Lesson 5
1. What are the three advantages of wind to the farmer?

2. Three disadvantages of wind to the farmer.
3. What is carried by wind when it blows?
4. List three crops that are affected by frost.
5. How are crops protected from frost?
6. How does humidity influence agricultural activities?
7. Name a disease that is promoted by damp weather conditions.
Lesson 6
1. Soil has small grains which are known as________.
2. What is organic matter?
3. What is inorganic matter?
4. Name the four components of soil and their percentages.
5. State the 4 living organisms that can be found in the soil?
6. What is the danger of having too much water in the soil?
Lesson 7
1. Soil particles have different __________.

2. Which soil particles have the largest soil grain?
3. The smallest soil particle is called?
4. If soil is mixed with water in a container, what will remain floating on top?
5. If soil is mixed in a jar which soil type settles at the bottom?
Lesson 8
1. For crops to grow well they need ________,_____________ and __________.

2. State two sources of plant manure.
3. What is an organic fertilizer?
4. What is a compost?
5. What is an inorganic fertilizer?
6. Name the two types of inorganic fertilizers? Give two examples.
7. Give two advantages and two disadvantages of inorganic fertilizers.
Lesson 9
1. What is soil erosion?

2. State the three agents of erosion. Explain briefly each one.
3. State and explain the four types of erosion and where are they common?
Lesson 10
1. What is the main source of water for agriculture?

2. What is water harvesting?
3. State four methods of harvesting water?
4. Why should blair toilets be 100m away from well?
5. What is the main source of water for irrigation in agriculture?
6. Where can water be stored for future use?
7. State four methods of conserving water in vegetable gardens
8. State three types of irrigation.
9. List four importance of water conservation.
Lesson 11
1. What is a crop?
2. Plants are grouped according to their uses. List the nine classification of plants
3. What are annual plants? Give two examples.
4. What are perennial crops? Give two examples.
5. What are biennial crops? Give two examples.
6. What is a windbreak?
Lesson 12
1. Name the three major nutrients.
2. What are minor nutrients? Give examples.
3. From the following nutrients, what are the deficiency signs
a) Nitrogen (N)
b) Phosphorus (P)
c) Potassium (K)
Lesson 13
1. Vegetables are grouped according to the parts that are eaten. Group the vegetables into the
five classes.
2. List 5 nutrients that we get from vegetables.
3. Pick one vegetable of your choice. Explain the land preparation, planting space, caring,
harvesting and marketing.
Lesson 14
1. What is a field crop?

2. List four importance of field crops.
3. List two cash crops.
4. Name a field crop that is grown in winter using irrigation?
5. What is a legume
Lesson 15
1. Name the two types of fruit trees?

2. What is sexual and asexual propagation in plants?
3. Give examples of trees that can be grown from the following methods
a) Seeds
b) Cuttings
c) Budding
d) Grafting
e) Layering
4. What is a nursery?
Lesson 16
1. What is ornamental horticulture?

2. What is in-situ?
3. Name one tool used to prepare a flower bed.
4. State 2 varieties of flowers.
5. State 2 occasions that flowers are used
6. Apart from tobacco, name one horticulture crop that can be exported from Zimbabwe.
Lesson 17
1. Removal of seedlings from pockets to individual containers is called?

2. Give one example of an exotic tree.
3. The best soil to raise tree seedlings should contain__________
4. What is used to cover seeds in a hole?
5. How are tree seedlings marketed?
Lesson 18
1. Define yield?
2. How do the following affect plant growth
a) Weeds
b) Drought
c) Veld fires
d) Animals
3. What is a fireguard
Lesson 19
1. What are the important uses of cattle?

2. List three products from goats?
3. What are the uses of wild animals? List at least three.
4. Which animal is killed as a sign of respect when an elderly person or a chief or respected
person dies?
5. Which animal can survive better in dry areas amongst the following? Cattle, sheep, pig and
goat.
6. Which domestic animals provide draught power?
Lesson 20
1. Name the 5 nutrients that are present in animal feeds.

2. State the sources of the above mentioned nutrients.
3. Do animals drink the same amount of water on a hot day and on a cool day. Explain the
difference.
4. Give one source of water for animals.
5. Draw one wild animal.
Lesson 21
1. Explain why animals need good homes?

2. What is a rabbit house called?
3. What two materials that can be used for roofing hutches?
4. Give three requirements of a rabbit house.
5. Which feed is poisonous to rabbits?
6. Name one commercial rabbit feed.
7. ______is the common disease in rabbits.
8. The process of introducing a drug in an animal to prevent diseases is called______.
Lesson 22
1. What is poultry?
2. Name the 3 various types of housing systems for poultry.
3. Broiler feeds are high in ____ and _________.
4. The slaughter age of broilers is __________.
5. Broilers are birds for_______ and layers are birds for________.
6. What is brooding?
Lesson 23
1. Where are bees found?

2. Bees live in large groups called_______
3. What is an apiary?
4. Bee hives are grouped into ________ and ________. Give 2 examples of each/
5. Why should bees be located in a shade?
6. Why should the hives be placed raised from the ground?
Lesson 24
1. List 10 farm implements that you know and their uses.
Lesson 25
1. What is an income?
2. What is an expenditure?
3. What is an input record?
4. Why is it important to keep records?
5. What are financial records?
6. What is a production record?
7. What is a sales record?

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Grade 5 agriculture questions

1. List four agricultural activities done in the community.

1. How do farm tools last longer?

1. What are the three advantages of wind to the farmer?

1. Soil particles have different __________.

1. For crops to grow well they need __,_ and ____.

1. What is soil erosion?

1. What is the main source of water for agriculture?

1. What is a field crop?

1. Name the two types of fruit trees?

1. What is ornamental horticulture?

1. Removal of seedlings from pockets to individual containers is called?

1. What are the important uses of cattle?

1. Name the 5 nutrients that are present in animal feeds.

1. Explain why animals need good homes?

1. Where are bees found?

1. List 10 farm implements that you know and their uses.

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