You are supposed to carry out a field study on the uses of vegetation in the area around your school. (a) State three reasons why it...

      

You are supposed to carry out a field study on the uses of vegetation in the area around your school.
(a) State three reasons why it would be necessary to visit the area before the day of the study.
(b) Give four uses of vegetation you are likely to identify during the study.
(c) Why is it necessary to sample part of the forest for the study?
(d) State three methods you would use to record the information.

  

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Kavungya
(a)
(i) To get permission from the relevant authority.

(ii) To be able to formulate objectives/hypothesis

(iii) To be able to prepare a working schedule/decide on appropriate methods of data collection.

(iv) To determine the respondents/resource persons.

(v) To determine methods of data collection required.

(vi) To access the problem likely to be experienced in the area.

(b)
(i) Use as fodder.

(ii) Use for providing fruits/roots/vegetables as food.

(iii) Providing wood fuel.

(iv) Controlling soil erosion

(v) Use of ornaments/beauty, aesthetics.


(c)

(i) In order to do a detailed study

(ii) To reduce cost of study

(iii) To save time

(iv) The whole forest is too large to cover within a day.

(v) It would be less boring to study a small area.

(vi) Some parts may inaccessible

(vii) To reduce bias

(d)
(i) Field sketching

(ii) Taking photograph

(iii) Tallying

(iv) Note taking

(v) Labelling samples

(vi) Filling in questionnaires.
Kavungya answered the question on June 7, 2019 at 09:39


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