How crops grow, what soil provides, and how management decisions change the outcome.
These are the statements the Agricultural Technology Year 9 syllabus makes about Plants and Soils. Dux records each one against the questions you answer, so you can see which of them you have actually been tested on and which have never been asked.
Plant growth and photosynthesis - Plants and Soils, Year 9.
Soil composition and texture - Plants and Soils, Year 9.
Soil pH, nutrients and testing - Plants and Soils, Year 9.
Water and irrigation - Plants and Soils, Year 9.
Pests, diseases and weeds - Plants and Soils, Year 9.
Integrated pest management - Plants and Soils, Year 9.
Crop rotation and fallow - Plants and Soils, Year 9.
Precision agriculture - Plants and Soils, Year 9.
Year 9 Assessment Task Shape is 50 marks in 75 minutes. Questions on Plants and Soils are not one shape repeated: the command word decides what the marker is looking for, and the mark value decides how much of it. These are the ones Agricultural Technology Year 9 uses.
Dux writes practice for this module in exactly these shapes, so the drill is the same task the paper sets — not a general knowledge quiz with the module name on it.
Plants and Soils is module 2 of 3 in Agricultural Technology Year 9. Students routinely lose marks because a question spans two modules, so the neighbouring modules are worth reading next to this one.
Dux diagnoses Agricultural Technology Year 9 dot point by dot point, then writes questions in the shape this course marks. Written answers come back marked against the bands.