DEPARTMENT OF SOIL SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
FACULTY OF AGRICULTURAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT
WORK AND STUDY PROGRAMME
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION
COURSE TITLE: AGRICULTURAL
CLIMATOLOGY AND BIO GEOGRAPHY
COURSE CODE:
SEM 203
CREDIT UNIT: 3
TIME
ALLOWED: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTION: ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
1.
a) Mention
5 objectives of agro -climatology
b ) List
5 functions of atmosphere
2.
Explain
the term “forecasting’ as related
to climatology
b. Define the following (i) relative humidity (ii) SVP (iii) Energy budget (iv) net radiation
3.
a)
What are the factors to be considered
for site to be established meteorological location?
b)
Mention 2 advantages of use of mercury thermometers over alcoholic ones
c) Differentiate ‘rain day’ from ‘wet
day”
4.
a) List 5
importance for study of
biogeography
(b)
Mention one effect of climate on (i) soil (ii) crop (iii)
animal (iv) vegetation (v)
photosynthesis
5.
a) Explain (i) growing period (ii) climate change (iii)
weather hazard (iv) photoperiod (v) net assimilation rate
b) Why is ‘climate” described as a
‘resource”?