te mĀtauranga ahuwhenua, ahuone agriculture and horticulture · 2015-03-30 · te mĀtauranga ahuwhenua, ahuone agriculture and horticulture 2013/1 AG3000I PRE-LEARNING QUESTIONNAIRE

te mĀtauranga ahuwhenua, ahuone

agriculture and horticulture

2013/1

AG3000IPRE-LEARNING QUESTIONNAIRE

NCEA LEVEL 3

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Information from this questionnaire will assist your teacher to plan your course and help you achieve your learning goals in agriculture or horticulture.

The questionnaire is in four sections. You will need a calculator for section B.

This questionnaire should take about an hour to complete. It is not a test so there is no set time to complete it. If you can’t answer a question, leave it and go onto the next question. The questionnaire is designed to identify the skills and knowledge you already have and whether you will need any help to begin this course.

Please complete all parts of the questionnaire before you start any of the booklets. Post it back to your teacher as soon as possible.

part a: about yourself

Tick the box next to the best answer where appropriate.

1. Is the area where you live mainly rural or urban?

rural

urban

2. If you live in a rural area, tick any of the following that apply to you. Write the main products below.

Live on, or close to, a farm. Name the main products produced on the farm.

Live on, or close to, a horticultural grower such as a market garden, orchard, plant nursery. Name the main horticultural products produced.

Live in, or close to, a forestry / logging operation. Name the main types of trees grown and what they’ll be used for (for example, sawn logs or pulp).

Products include:

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3. We would like to know where you live and where you will do your study – especially if you are a boarder in a school. If the address on your barcode label is different from where you live, complete the details below.

Address:

City/town or region:

Country:

4. Have you gained achievement standards in, or are you studying, any of these subjects?

Agriculture NCEA Level 1 Horticulture NCEA Level 1

Agriculture NCEA Level 2 Horticulture NCEA Level 2

Economics NCEA Levels 2 or 3 Chemistry NCEA Levels 2 or 3

Mathematics NCEA Levels 2 or 3 Geography NCEA Levels 2 or 3

Physics NCEA Levels 2 or 3 Biology NCEA Levels 2 or 3

5. I am interested in:

mainly agriculture

mainly horticulture

Both agriculture and horticulture equally

6. Why did you choose to study agriculture and horticulture this year? Tick the best box (or boxes).

Interest

Career goals

Lack of other subjects

Other reasons. What are the reasons?

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7. Have you decided on a career or job you’d like to do yet? Yes No

8. What career, or jobs, or further study would you like to do?

9. Is there anything you’d like to tell us about your learning needs or previous experiences in horticulture or agriculture?

10. Do you have any of the items below that could be used for your learning? Circle your answer.

Telephone Yes, most of the time Sometimes No

Skype Yes, most of the time Sometimes No

DVD player Yes, most of the time Sometimes No

Computer Yes, most of the time Sometimes No

CD-ROM drive Yes, most of the time Sometimes No

Internet access Yes, most of the time Sometimes No

Email address Yes, most of the time Sometimes No

Video conferencing Yes, most of the time Sometimes No

School laboratory Yes, most of the time Sometimes No

MP3 player/recorder Yes, most of the time Sometimes No

Library Yes, most of the time Sometimes No

Ag/Hort papers/magazines Yes, most of the time Sometimes No

Camera Yes, most of the time Sometimes No



11. Tick the box that shows how you would like to learn.

I only want printed booklets.

I like a mixture of booklets and online learning.

I only want online learning resources.

12. Tick the box that indicates whether or not you have received the Course and assessment guide for AG3000.

Yes, I have received it.

No, I haven’t.

13. Tick the box to indicate if you want to sit internal or external standards, or a combination of the two, for a complete course.

Internal standards only

External standards only

Both internal and external standards

14. If you know the standards you want to work on list them here.



part b: skills

Circle or write in the best answer for each question. Use a calculator where necessary. If you are unsure of a question then leave it and go on with the next question.

1. Writing 6.825 to two decimal places is: a. 6.825 b. 6.82 c. 6.83 d. 68.25

2. Find the mean (average) of the following lengths: 23.3, 25.3, 23.7, and 24.5 mm. a. 24.2 mm b. 25.1 mm c. 24.5 mm d. 23.8 mm

3. In a trial, what percentage germination occurred if 46 bean seeds germinated out of a total of 58 bean seeds? a. 79% b. 12% c. 104% d. 52%

4. What is the percentage increase if the price of milkfat changes from $3.75 per kg to $4.23 per kg? a. 48c b. 11.3% c. 88.7% d. 12.8%

5. Use this graph of seed germination to answer parts a and b.

Total seeds germinated

Num

ber o

f see

ds

9080706050403020100

3 5

Days

Grass A

Grass B

7 9

a. How many seeds of grass A, and grass B have germinated by day 7?

Grass A Grass B

b. Using the graph above, when did the seeds of grass A show the greatest increase in germination rate?

A. 0–3 days

B. 3–5 days

C. 5–7 days

D. 7–9 days



6. A soil has the following characteristics: • forms a ball

• forms a ribbon 20 mm long

• feels gritty

Use the diagram to name the soil type:

soilmakes a firm ball

Yesmakes a ribbon

Nofeels gritty sand

50 mm

gritty

sandy loam

clay

feels like smooth flour

feels like smooth flour

25 to 50 mm

smooth

silt loam

less than 25 mm

clay loam

7. pH 6.5 is:a. slightly acidic

b. slightly alkaline

c. neutral

d. strongly acidic.



part c: prior knowledge in agriculture and horticulture

1. The pore spaces in soils are important because:a. more fertiliser can be held in the larger pores

b. more seeds can be sown into the large shallow pores

c. having too many small pores makes the soil less acidic

d. they affect the amount of water and air that the soil can hold and plants can use.

2. Circle five elements that plants get from the soil and are needed in large amounts:

Boron Carbon Nitrogen Aluminium Magnesium

Sulfur Hydrogen Calcium Potassium Manganese

Oxygen Copper Zinc Phosphorus Uranium

3. Adding organic matter to a soil:a. increases the nutrient holding capacity but decreases the water that can be held in a soil

b. improves the soil structure, and increases the soil’s nutrient and water holding capacity

c. will not alter the soil’s structure, but will increase water and nutrient holding capacity

d. increases the water holding capacity of a soil, but reduces the fertility.

4. The amount of light reaching a plant is important because it:a. gives the plants their green colour by producing chlorophyll

b. pollination cannot occur unless insects like bees can see the flowers

c. causes the leaves and stems to grow upwards away from gravity

d. affects the amount of photosynthesis taking place and therefore the amount of glucose produced.

5. Use the names below and label the parts of this fuchsia flower. You won’t need them all: stigma, stamen, petal, ovary, style, petiole, sepal.

c.

d.

e.

a.

b.

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6. Layering, and taking semi-hardwood cuttings, are techniques to:a. prune semi-hardwood plants to improve their growth form

b. get variety in plants and create new cultivars

c. increase the numbers of plants without getting genetic variation

d. increase the number of flowers that a plant can produce.

7. Temperature affects plants by:a. increasing flowering and fruiting

b. affecting the size of the phloem and xylem vessels

c. increasing evapo-transpiration

d. affecting the rate of biochemical reactions, like photosynthesis and respiration.

8. Write the letter of the husbandry technique beside each description of how it can affect the growth of plants:

A. pruning B. thinning C. disbudding D. stopping

Side shoots grow strongly and a bushier plant develops.

Larger, well spaced flowers develop with longer stems.

Fruit is larger in size and has better shape and colour.

Controls plant shape, improves flowering or fruiting, lets in light and removes dead, diseased or damaged plant parts.

9. An F1 hybrid describes a plant or animal that:a. is the result of the first cross between two different purebred parents and often shows

hybrid vigour

b. is fast growing and specially bred for its vigour

c. is a backcrossed individual from a crossbred and pure bred parent

d. has a genotype of two dominant alleles which provide the characteristics sought by breeders.

10. Integrated pest control:a. is the term for city councils working together to get rid of noxious weeds in New Zealand

b. combines several pest control methods to reduce the reliance on spraying poisonous pesticides

c. is not encouraged in New Zealand because of our clean green image

d. does not work in New Zealand because of our climate.



11. Most animals on New Zealand farms are ruminants. This is important in farming as ruminants can:

a. stand on a cloven hoof and chew with molars

b. use micro-organisms in the rumen to digest the cellulose in plant material such as pasture

c. absorb drenches in the rumen which will kill worms

d. use all their four stomachs to manufacture methane from pasture.

12. Circle four elements that plants get from the soil and are needed in very small amounts:

Boron Carbon Nitrogen Aluminium Magnesium

Sulfur Hydrogen Calcium Potassium Manganese

Oxygen Copper Zinc Phosphorus Uranium

13. Legumes like clovers are important in pasture as they are:a. an important source of nutritious digestible feed

b. an important source of nitrogen and protein for stock

c. able to fix nitrogen from the soil air and turn it into usable nitrates for plants to use

d. all of the above.

14. Most adult farmed animals require the highest amount of feed during:a. winter and autumn

b. late pregnancy and when feeding their young

c. periods of maintenance feeding

d. early pregnancy and at mating time.

15. Choosing a sire carefully is very important as:a. rams mate with many ewes and therefore pass on their genetic worth to lots of lambs

b. bulls mate with many cows and have a big influence on the genetic worth of the herd

c. male farm animals generally mate with many females and therefore they leave more of their genes than the females


16. A dairy farmer with 200 cows and interested in improving herd production would be best to:a. use MOET

b. use artificial insemination

c. use embryo transplant

d. buy the most expensive bull he could afford and use natural mating.



17. Write the letter of the stocking system that best matches the sentence. A. Set stocking B. Break feeding C. Rotational grazing

A large number of stock graze part of a paddock (often for only a half day) that is temporarily fenced off.

A large number of stock graze together in one paddock and are shifted regularly (1–5 days).

Stock are spread throughout the farm and are left there for some time.

18. Circle four micro nutrients (trace elements) that, if in short supply, can cause deficiency diseases in stock:

Carbon Cobalt Nitrogen Uranium Zinc Selenium

Sulfur Hydrogen Calcium Potassium Copper Oxygen

19. Drenching, dipping and pour-ons are all methods of:a. watering pasture and crops

b. controlling parasites

c. treating clostridial diseases such as tetanus


20. Winter pasture growth in most parts of New Zealand is:a. slow because of the cold, but of high quality as it contains short new growth

b. slow because of the high rainfall and is low in quality

c. fast because of the rainfall and is of high quality as the leaves are so wet

d. slow because of the cold but of poor quality as the growth is rank.

21. Leaching of nitrate and phosphorus fertiliser:a. never occurs from farm paddocks

b. is useful when trying to fertilise hill country paddocks by applying the fertiliser higher up the slopes

c. only occurs when cropping paddocks are converted into dairy paddocks

d. is a major cause of problem weed and algal growth in waterways.



part d: market forces and attributes

1. Two major wool buyers, China and USA, drop out of the wool market. The supply stays the same. How will this affect the market price for wool?a. Increases

b. Decreases

c. Stays the same

2. A severe late frost kills apricot fruit buds. How will this affect the supply of the fruit later in the season?a. Increases

b. Decreases

c. Stays the same

3. If the supply of apples to Auckland reduces, this will have the affect of:a. increasing the demand and price

b. reducing supply and increasing demand

c. keeping demand the same but increasing price

d. keeping demand and price the same.

4. Use the table of apple attributes to answer parts a, b, c.

Apple attributes

Granny Smith Red Delicious

Green skin Large size White flesh Juicy Crisp texture Sour Flesh holds together well when cooked Fresh fruit

Dark red striped skin Medium to small sized Cream flesh Juicy Crisp texture Sweet Flesh collapses when cooked Fresh fruit

a. What are two generic attributes of apples?

b. Name two specific attributes of Red Delicious:

c. Name one negative attribute of Granny Smith for an export market wanting sweet eating apples:



5. New Zealand wool sold to China for making into carpet yarn is an example of:a. an end use

b. a positive attribute

c. export market opportunities

d. local trade

e. both a and c.

6. Write the correct term alongside the sentence it best matches (one term will not be needed): breed cultivar clone variety species

a naturally occurring group of similar plants below a species

a distinct animal or plant population that can breed freely in nature

an artificially bred plant variety

a variety of animal bred by animal breeders

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