10.- Learning Outcome
LO Explains the process of production and distribution of basic necessities like food, water and
cloth (e.g. from source to home, grains from farm to market and from there to home and
ways for purification and consumption of water from local water source.)
Arrange the steps of farming process in order and name the tools or equipments used
for it.
(5)
eg. ploughing the field - plough or spade
1) Weeding
2) Watering (irrigating )
3) Sowing
4) Ripening of grains
5) Harvesting grains
LO Recognizes the simple features of roots ,flowers and fruits seen around.
Q-2 Answer the following questions in brief.
List of vegetables and fruits is given below.
Classify into 'that gets rotten easily and that stay fresh for few days'.
(5)
(sweet potatoes, apples, tomatoes, custard apple, strawberries, elephant's foot.
garlic, spinach, gooseberry, brinjal)
Gets rotten easily
Stay fresh for few days
Answers
Answer:
• Agriculture: The applied branch of biology which deals with cultivation of plants and rearing of animals is called agriculture. Generally, the art or practice of cultivating land is referred as agriculture. The branch of agriculture which deals with food, health and management of animals is known as animal husbandry.
• Crop: When plants of the same kind are grown and cultivated at one place on a large scale is called as a crop.
• Crops are also classified on the basis of the seasons as given below:
▸ Kharif Crops: The crops which are grown during the monsoon (rainy) season (June-September) are called kharif crops. For example, maize, millet (bajra) and cotton crops. Seeds of these crops are sown in the beginning of the monsoon season. After maturation, these crops are harvested at the end of the monsoon season (Oct.-Nov.).
▸ Rabi Crops: Crops which are grown during the winter season (October-March) are called rabi crops. For example, wheat, gram and mustard. Seeds of these crops are sown in the beginning of the winter season. After maturation of crops, they are harvested at the end of the winter season (April-May).
• Agricultural Practices: All activities which farmers do for the cultivation of plants are called agricultural practices.
For doing various activities, a farmer needs different types of tools. These tools which are involved in cultivation of plants are called agricultural implements. Farmers perform agricultural practices in a sequence.
• Various Agricultural Practices:
(i) Preparation of soil (ii) Sowing (iii) Adding manure and fertilizers (iv) Irrigation (v) Protection from weeds (vi) Harvesting (vii) Storage.