Agriculture

What is agriculture?

• The science or practice of soil cultivation, producing crops, and raising livestock.

• Ony growing crops.

Where is the word 'agriculture' derived from?

• German

• Ancient Greek

• Latin

• Spanish

Answer explanation

'Agri' means soil and 'culture' means cultivation.

What activities does agriculture include?

• Beekeeping

• Poultry

• Irrigation

• Dairy Farming

What is Horticulture?

• The practice of growing fruits, vegetables, and flowers for commercial use.

• The practice of growing fruits, vegetables, and flowers for personal use.

• Collecting horns.

What is Horticulture divided into?

• Sericulture and Viticulture.

• Orchardry and Sericulture.

• Orchardry and Pisciculture.

• Orchardry and Viticulture.

What is Viticulture?

• The breeding of fish.

• Raising livestock.

• Grape cultivation.

• Tomato cultivation.

Answer explanation

'Viti' means vines, and grapes grow on vines, therefore, viticulture.

Which types of birds does Poultry Farming raise?

• Eagles, ducks, pheasants.

• Pheasants, ducks, geese.

• Chicken, pheasants, ducks.

• Chicken, ducks, geese.

What is beekeeping?

• Keeping bees as pets.

• Breeding bees.

• The study of bees.

• The maintenance of bee colonies in man-made hives.

What is beekeeping also kown as?

• Apiculture.

• Sericulture.

• Horticulture.

• Viticulture.

What is Sericulture?

• The business of clothing.

• The commercial rearing of silkworms to produce silk.