Chapter 49 Irelands Bogs

Question 1

Raised bogs

Answer 1

deep bogs in the midlands

Question 2

Blanket bogs

Answer 2

Thin bogs in mountainous areas

Question 3

Bord na Mona

Answer 3

Exploit the bogs of the midlands using technology such as ditchers graders railways millers ridgers and harvesters

Question 4

Where is processed peat used in

Answer 4

Power stations

Briquette factories

Question 5

Where is moss peat used

Answer 5

Gardens

Question 6

Where is sod peat used

Answer 6

Homes

Question 7

What are cut away bogs used for

Answer 7

Grassland farming
Wildlife
Recreational areas
Wind farms

Question 8

What is peat formed by

Answer 8

By decayed vegetation

Question 9

When and why was Bord na Móna set up

Answer 9

Set up by the Irish government after the Second World War to manage Irish bogs

Question 10

How deep are raised bogs

Answer 10

7-8 metres

Question 11

What are ditchers used for

Answer 11

Draining bogs which can take up to 7 years

Question 12

What are graders used for

Answer 12

Leveling the bog

Question 13

What are railway tracks used for

Answer 13

Transporting peat

Question 14

What are millers used for

Answer 14

Scraping the peat to break it down