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Grade 8 Science Assignment Ch-1

This document is an examination paper for Grade VIII Science focusing on Crop Production. It includes various sections such as vocabulary, reasoning questions, flowchart drawing, differentiation between manures and fertilizers, and assertion-reason questions. The paper aims to assess students' understanding of agricultural practices and soil management.

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Grade 8 Science Assignment Ch-1

This document is an examination paper for Grade VIII Science focusing on Crop Production. It includes various sections such as vocabulary, reasoning questions, flowchart drawing, differentiation between manures and fertilizers, and assertion-reason questions. The paper aims to assess students' understanding of agricultural practices and soil management.

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Manav Rachna International School

Sector-14, Faridabad
Grade- VIII
Session- 2024-25
Subject- Science
Focus: Ch-1 Crop Production

Name: __________________________ Section: ___________ Date: _____________

A. Give one word for the following:


a. Rearing of fish on a large scale. _____________
b. A natural organic substance used to replenish nutrients in the soil. _________
c. An instrument used to sow seeds. _______________
d. Chemicals used to destroy weeds. ______________

B. Give reasons for the following:


a) When some gram seeds were put in a beaker half filled with water, after sometime some seeds
started to float on top.
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b) A farmer grows wheat year after year. He finds that the yield becomes low.
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c) Seeds of vegetables like tomatoes and green chillies are first sown in nurseries and then
transplanted to the fields.
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d) The crops cultivated in clayey soil need irrigation less frequently.
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C. Farmers in Northern India grow legumes in one season and wheat in the next season.
a) What is this practise known as?
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b) How does this practise help in the replenishment of soil?
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D. Draw a flowchart to list the steps involved in Nitrogen Cycle.
E. Differentiate between manures and fertilizers:

F. Choose the correct answer:

1. ASSERTION: The soil needs to be turned and loosened.


REASON: Since only a few centimeters of the top layer of soil supports plant growth, turning and
loosening of soil brings the nutrient-rich soil to the top so that plants can use these nutrients.
a) Assertion and reason both are correct statement and reason is correct explanation for assertion.
b) Assertion and reason both are correct statement and reason is not correct explanation for assertion.
c) Assertion is correct statement but reason is wrong statement.
d) Assertion is wrong statement but reason is correct statement.

2. ASSERTION: Farmers have to add manure to the fields to replenish the soil with nutrients.
REASON: Continuous cultivation of crops makes the soil rich in nutrients.
a) Assertion and reason both are correct statement and reason is correct explanation for assertion.
b) Assertion and reason both are correct statement and reason is not correct explanation for assertion.
c) Assertion is correct statement but reason is wrong statement.
d) Assertion is wrong statement but reason is correct statement.

3. ASSERTION: Before storing the harvested grains are properly dried in the sun to reduce the moisture
in them.
REASON: If freshly harvested grains (seeds) are stored without drying, they may get spoilt or attacked
by organisms, making them unfit for use or for germination.
a) Assertion and reason both are correct statement and reason is correct explanation for assertion.
b) Assertion and reason both are correct statement and reason is not correct explanation
for assertion.
c) Assertion is correct statement but reason is wrong statement.
d) Assertion is wrong statement but reason is correct statement.

G.
• Identify the type
of irrigation
system shown in
the figure.
• Write one
advantage of this
system.
• Write one
disadvantage of
this system.

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