Agriculture Questions and Answers - Form 1 Mid Term 1 Exams 2023

QUESTIONS

1. What is agriculture.(1mark)
2. Give four reasons why shifting cultivation is discouraged.(4mks)
3. Mention four characteristic of shifting cultivation (4marks)
4. State any six art activities in agriculture (6marks)
5. What is organic farming (1mark)
6. State four characteristic of large scale farming system (4marks)
7. Mention the importance of agriculture in Kenya economy (5marks)
8. State four human factors that affect agriculture (4marks)
9. What is agroforestry (1mark)
10. List four methods of farming (4marks)
11. Define the following terms as used in crop production (3marks)
    1. Pomology
    2. Olericulture
    3. Floriculture
12. List three aspect of light that influences agriculture (3marks)
13. State five biotic factor in agricultural production (5 marks)
14. Name two farming systems (2 mark)
15. List three aspects of rainfall (3 marks)

MARKING SCHEME

1. Study of Art and Science of crop and livestock production
2.  
   • Total yield per unit area is low
   • A lot of time is wasted
   • No incentive to develop land and conserve water and soil
   • Not applicable in areas of high population density
3.  
   • Land is abundant
   • Population is sparse
   • Number of livestock per unit area is low
   • Land is communally owned Rainfall reliability
4.  
   • Tilling of land
   • Construction of farm structures
   • Machine operations
   • Harvesting of crops
   • Feeding and handling of animals
   • Marketing of agricultural produce
5. It is the growing of crops,  and keeping of animals  without using agricultural  chemicals
6.  
   • Requires large tracts of land
   • Requires high capital investment
   • Mechanization is common
   • Skilled labour is used
7.  
   • Provides more employment
   • Provides food
   • Provide employment
   • Provide raw material for industries
   • Provide market for industrial goods
   • Provide foreign exchange
8.  
   • Level of technology and education
   • Economy \reberilization of economy
   • Cultural and religious believes
   • Health and HIV/AIDs
   • Market forces
   • Government policy
9. Growing of crops and trees and keeping of livestock in the same piece of land.
10.  
    • Mixed farming
    • Nomadic pastoralism
    • Shifting cultivation
    • Organic farming
    • Agroforestry
11.  
    1. Growing of fruits 
    2. Growing of vegetables
    3. Growing of flowers
12.  
    • Light intensity
    • Light duration
    • Light wavelength
13.  
    • Decomposers
    • Predators
    • Pollinators
    • Nitrogen fixing bacteria
    • Pest
    • Pathogens
14.  
    • Extensive system
    • Intensive system
15.  
    • Amount of rainfall
    • Rainfall distribution
    • Rainfall intensity
    • Rainfall reliability