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ZIMSEC O-Level Agriculture

5.2.5Soil temperature

Soil temperature in ZIMSEC O-Level Agriculture: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives

What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.

  1. 5.2.5.1Form 3: explain the effects of soil temperature on plant growth and soil organisms and of extreme temperatures on stages of crop growth.
  2. 5.2.5.2Form 3: outline measures that reduce the effects of extreme soil temperatures.

Lessons

  • Soil temperature and how farmers modify it

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Soil temperature: sample question

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Why do seeds of maize germinate slowly in a cold soil?

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