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SS1: AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE - 2ND TERM

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  1. Agro-Allied Industries and Relationship between Agriculture and Industry | Week 1
    2 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  2. Environmental Factors Affecting Agricultural Production | Week 2
    5 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  3. Rock Formation | Week 3
    6 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  4. Soil Formation and Profile Development | Week 4
    3 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  5. Types, Composition and Properties of Soil | Week 5
    10 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  6. Simple Farm Tools: Uses and Maintenance | Week 6
    2 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  7. Farm Machines and Implements | Week 7
    6 Topics
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    1 Quiz



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Topic Content:

  • The Use of pH Scale
  • The Use of Litmus Paper
  • Electrometric Determination of Soil pH
  • Calorimetric Determination of Soil pH
  • The BDH Soil Test
  • Crops that Can Do Well in Each of the Soil Types

The laboratory work on the chemical properties of the soil can be carried out using these methods:

1. The Use of pH Scale:

The pH scale which has a range from 1-14 has a pointer. The figure, which the pointer points to, reflects the pH value. For instance, if the pointer of the pH scale reads a pH value of 2, it shows that the sample under test has a lower pH or pH lower than 7. Thus, the soil sample is acidic.

PH Value table

2. The Use of Litmus Paper:

 

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