3.2 Food Production

Question 1

Subsistence farming definition?

Answer 1

When crops and animals are produced by a farmer tofeed their family, rather than to take to market.

Question 2

Commercial farming definition?

Answer 2

When crops and animals are produced tosellat market for a profit.

Question 3

Arable farm definition?

Answer 3

Arable farms growcrops.

Question 4

Pastoral farm definition?

Answer 4

Pastoral farms rearanimals- either for animal by-products such as milk, eggs or wool, or for meat.

Question 5

Mixed farm definition?

Answer 5

Mixed farms grow cropsandrear animals.

Question 6

Extensive farming definition?

Answer 6

Where a relativelysmall amountof produce is generated from alarge areaof farmland.

Question 7

Intensive farming definition?

Answer 7

Where alarge amountof produce is generated from a relativelysmall areaof land.

Question 8

Sedentary farming definition?

Answer 8

When a farm is based in thesame locationall the time.

Question 9

Nomadic farming definition?

Answer 9

When a farmermovesfrom one place to another.

Question 10

Examples of natural farming inputs?

Answer 10

• Temperature
• Precipitation
• Relief
• Soil

Question 11

Examples of human farming inputs?

Answer 11

• Workforce
• Farm buildings
• Money (capital)
• Energy

Question 12

Examples of farming processes for growing crops?

Answer 12

• Ploughing
• Planting
• Spraying
• Harvesting

Question 13

Examples of farming processes for rearing animals?

Answer 13

• Grazing and feeding
• Making hay and silage
• Milking cows and shearing sheep
• Calving and lambing

Question 14

Examples of farming outputs?

Answer 14

• Crops
• Animals and animal products
• Money (profit)

Question 15

What is farming feedback?

Answer 15

Profit to be used as an input the following year.

Question 16

What areas are best for Hill sheep farming?

Answer 16

Areas which are unsuitable for growing crops. (Steep land, high rainfall)

Question 17

What areas are best for Arable farming?

Answer 17

Areas where summers are warm and the land is low, flat and fertile. (good transport links and good access routes to markets)

Question 18

What areas are best for Dairy farming?

Answer 18

Areas where the climate is warm and wet. The land may be flat or hilly, but not too steep. (good transport links and good access routes to markets)

Question 19

What areas are best for Mixed farming?

Answer 19

Areas where the climate and relief suit both crops and animals. (good transport links and good access routes to markets)

Question 20

List of factors which affect farming?

Answer 20

• Temperature
• Precipitation
• Altitude
• Winds
• Relief
• Transport

Question 21

Explain why the production of crops varies from year to year?

Answer 21

• Variations in rainfall
• Market demand
• Crop disease
• Temperature differences
• Variation in sunlight