Scheme of Work, Agricultural Science, SS1, First Term

All plants are crops.

• A. True

• B. False

In agriculture, macronutrients are essential nutrients required by plants. Which of the following is not a macronutrient?

• A. Zinc

• B. Sulphur

• C. Calcium

• D. Phosphorus

• E. Potassium

• F. Magnesium

Which of the following is false concerning micronutrients?

• A. They are non-essential nutrients

• B. They are required by plants in minute quantities

• C. Iron is a micronutrient

• D. Chlorine is a micronutrient

• E. Copper is a micronutrient

• F. Boron is a micronutrient

_____ is a term that describes the biological, chemical and cultural control tactics employed to make pest management economical, environmentally friendly and socially acceptable.

• A. Integrated Pest Management

• B. Integral Pest Management

• C. International Pest Management

• D. Inclusive Pest Management

• E. Imbibed Pest Management

• F. Inclusion Pest Management

Cordage is made from _____ crop.

• A. Food

• B. Fibre

• C. Ornamental

• D. Oil

• E. Cash

• F. Vegetables and Spice

_____ is defined as the solid and arable part of the earth where agricultural activities are be carried out.

• A. Soil

• B. Farmland

• C. Agricultural land

• D. Biosphere

• E. Open land

• F. Planting and grazing land

Gymnosperms and angiosperms are seed bearing plants under the division spermatophyta?

• A. True

• B. False

Which of the following is false concerning gymnosperms?

• A. Cones are present

• B. Sepals are present

• C. Petals are absent

• D. Only seeds are produced

• E. Sporophyll form the cones

• F. In seed formation, the ovules aren't present in the ovary

Cows technically have one stomach, not four. However, a cow's stomach has four compartments. These are: rumen, reticulum, omasum and abomasum

Peanuts are legumes and not nuts

Although plants neither see nor hear, they can recognize their siblings and even give them preferential treatments

Squirrels do plant more trees (through their actions) than an average human in their lifetime. They often hide their acorns and nuts underground and forget about them

Cows have got the ability to walk up stairs, but not down stairs

A group of cows is called a team, drove or herd.

People just prefer to call them herd

Below are the classification of crops based on their uses:

• Oil crops

• Vegetable crops

• Latex crops

• Drug and Medicinal crops

• Beverage crops

• Fibre crops

• Fruit crops

• Root and Tubers

• Legumes

• Spices

• Cereals

All crops are plants but not all plants are crops. Below are some instances:

• Weeds are considered as plants, not crops.

• Parasitic plants are not necessarily crops. Examples of parasitic plants include mistletoe, corpse flower and striga.

• Carnivorous or insectivorous plants are not necessarily crops. Examples are sundew, venus flytrap and pitcher plant. The image below shows a carnivorous plant (venus flytrap).

Meanwhile, always understand that all crops are plants, and they are grown for food, money or something beneficial.

Please read on plants versus crops here

Below are some of the problems of agriculture in Nigeria:

• Lack of mechanized farming

• Poor government policies

• High cost of fertilizers

• Lack of education

• Lack of storage facilities

• Bad road network

• Poor research facilities

Please read a detailed explanation on the problems of agriculture in Nigeria here.

Secateurs are agricultural tools.

• Secateurs are also referred to as pruning shears or hand pruners.

• It looks like a pair of scissors.

• It’s used for trimming flowers and leaves.

• It is also used for pruning the branches of shrubs.

An example of an agricultural tool is the hoe. It is shown below:

• We have a variety of hoes.

• They are generally used for tilling the soil.

• They are used for making trenches in farmlands.

• A hoe is utilized in harvesting crops like yam and cocoyam

• They are also used for cutting weeds on farmlands.

Please read on agricultural tools and their uses here