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Food Production Flashcards

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What is arable farming

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Just crops

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What is Pastoral farming

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Animals

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What is Extensive farming

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Large area, limited inputs- labour or money

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What is Intensive farming

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Small area, lots of inputs

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5
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What is Commercial farming

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Growing for sale

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What is Subsistence farming

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growing for self and family

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What is sedentary farming

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In one place

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What is nomadic farming

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Moving around

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9
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What is mixed farming

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Moving around

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10
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What is the definition of a process

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Any activity that occurs on the farm

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What is the definition of an Input

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Starts the whole system, is needed for the processes and output.

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What is the definition of an output

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It is the end result, the final product

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13
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Name 5 inputs for an arable farm

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Money
Farmer
Land
Aspect
Climate
Fertile soils
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Name 3 processes on a mixed farm

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Harvesting
Milking
Ploughing
Feeding

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Give 5 inputs that affect agriculture land use

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Relief
Climate
Soil
Social factors 
Economic factors
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16
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Define social factors

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People
Workers
Protesters

17
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What is relief

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How flat or steep the land is. Any higher than 20 ° as machinery will find it hard to work on.

18
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Give 3 physical causes of food shortages

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Disease
Drought
Flood

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Give 4 human causes for food shortages

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Poor transport
Wars
Increased use of bio fuels
Low capital investment
Poor distribution
20
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Give 4 impacts on food shortages

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Economic- Economy goes down. Less people able to afford to go to school. Less educated people, less work.

Political- Uprisings against the government. Could become reliable on aid sent in from other countries. Becomes less self-sufficient.

Environmental- Disease will spread, can be carried on to children, no work so the economy goes down.

Social- Social unrest between rich and poor. Prices go up. Farmers make ore of a profit.

21
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Definition of Aspect

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In the northern hemisphere you would want to be facing south to get the dos sunlight. (equator)

22
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Give 4 outputs

A 
Beef cattle
Crop waste
Bananas
Eggs
Hides
Peas
Wool
Wheat 
Potatoes

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