Agriculture Grade 4

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AGRICULTURE GRADE 4

NAME:___________________________________.

SCHOOL: _______________________________.

GRADE 4: _______________________________.

DATE: ___________________________________.

GENDER: BOY GIRL

Answer ALL the questions in the spaces provided.


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Strand/ Substrand: Conserving our environment (soil)

Task 1

Grade 4 pupils collected different samples of soils. They used a


sieve to investigate whether the soil samples pass the sieve
equally. From their observation made complete the table below.
Particles Soil
Small particles
Medium particles
Large particles
(___/3marks)
Look at the photographs below.

1 2 3
Which soil is likely to be found at photograph.
1
2
3 (___/3marks)
Mwangi set up the experiment below.

He poured a cupful of water into the containers.


From his findings.
a. Which soil allowed most water to pass through
________________________________.
b. Which soil retained most water? _____________________.
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c. Which soil allowed a little water to pass through it?


_________________.
d. What was he investigating? _____________________________.
(___/4marks)
Task 2
1. Name two physical properties of soil.
a. ________________________________.
b. ________________________________.
2. The roughness or smoothness of soil is called
________________.
3. Which soil is best in rice farming? __________________.
4. Name four materials used to make compost manure by
heap method.
a. ______________________________________.
b. ______________________________________.
c. ______________________________________.
d. ______________________________________.
5. What is compost manure?
___________________________________________________________
________________________________________.
6. ___________________ soil is the best for farming many types of
crops.
(__/10marks)
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Task 3
Draw and label a compost heap.

(___/7marks)
Write down the importance of compost manure in farming.
a. ___________________________________________________.
b. ___________________________________________________.
c. ___________________________________________________.
(___/3marks)

Assessment Rubric
Exceeds Meets Αpproαching Below
Expectαtion Expectαtion Expectαtion Expectαtion
27 - 30 21 - 26 15 - 20 0 - 14

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