Level: JHS, Basic 7 | Subject: Integrated Science | Strand: Cycles | Topic: Animal Production (Domestic Animals, Ruminants, Monogastrics and Poultry)
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Part A has 20 tick-box questions. Part B has 5 essay questions with a marking guide at the bottom.
Test Yourself: 20 Objective Questions
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1. Animal production is the
2. Which of these is a domestic animal?
3. Animals that chew the cud are called
4. Which of these is a ruminant?
5. A ruminant has a stomach with
6. Which of these is a monogastric animal?
7. Monogastric animals are those that
8. Which of these is NOT poultry?
9. Poultry are birds kept mainly for
10. Chickens kept mainly for meat are called
11. Chickens kept mainly for egg production are called
12. Hides from cattle are used for making
13. Which animal gives pork and bacon?
14. In the extensive system, animals
15. A disadvantage of the extensive system is that animals
16. In the intensive system, animals are
17. Which of these is a good practice in animal husbandry?
18. Why are sick animals separated from the healthy ones?
19. Newcastle disease affects
20. One way animals help crop farmers is that their droppings
Essay Questions
- (a) What are domestic animals? (b) Name five domestic animals kept in Ghana. (6 marks)
- Explain the terms ruminant, monogastric and poultry, giving two examples of each. (9 marks)
- State five uses of domestic animals to man. (5 marks)
- Compare the extensive system and the intensive system of rearing animals. Give one advantage and one disadvantage of each. (6 marks)
- Aba wants to start a small poultry farm. State four things she must do to keep her birds healthy. (4 marks)
Essay Questions: Marking Guide for Teachers and Parents
- (a) Domestic animals are animals kept and cared for by people at home or on the farm (2). (b) Any five: goat, sheep, cattle, pig, rabbit, chicken, duck, turkey, guinea fowl (1 mark each, total 4).
- Ruminant: animal that chews the cud and has a four-part stomach, e.g. cattle, sheep (3). Monogastric: animal with a simple one-part stomach, e.g. pig, rabbit (3). Poultry: birds kept for meat and eggs, e.g. chicken, turkey (3).
- Any five: meat, milk, eggs, leather or hides, wool or feathers, manure, work or transport, security, income (1 mark each).
- Extensive: animals roam freely; advantage cheap; disadvantage losses, theft and disease (3). Intensive: animals kept in housing and fed; advantage easy to feed and treat, high production; disadvantage costly and diseases spread fast if dirty (3).
- Any four: vaccinate on time, give clean water and feed, keep the house clean and dry, separate sick birds, call the veterinary officer, keep records (1 mark each).
Education Always (education.inspiringalways.com). Original practice questions, not official WAEC or BECE questions.