Farming

Question 1

How can farmers increase their yield and profit?

Answer 1

= increasing efficiency of energy transfers between trophic levels
= reducing respiratory losses, heat loss
= intensive rearing

Question 2

What is intensive rearing?

Answer 2

= livestock moves less, less energy lost from movement, in the form of heat
= more chemical energy from feeding can be converted into biomass
= vaccination and antibiotcs are given to prevent fisease

Question 3

What is factory farming?

Answer 3

= less movement
= prevent muscle contraction
= provide high energy
= easy to digest food sources, less waste in facees urine
= prevent predators
= keep animals wam, prevent heat loss

Question 4

What is done when growing crops?

Answer 4

= using herbicides