Geograpy Flashcards
Explain what a crop is?
Plants grown to be used as food
Name and explain 2 ways of farming
SUBSISTENCE FARMING: when a farmer grows crops and raises animals to feed himself and his family
COMMERCIAL FARMING: when a farmer grows crops and raises animals to sell
Name 5 ways of getting food
Buy from a shop Hunt Fish/Catching Collect / Harvest Grow
Name 4 different sources that food comes from
Animals
Plants
Fishing
Factories
What are Stock farmers ?
Keep animals (like sheep, goats, cows and pigs)
What are Poultry farmers?
Stock farmers who keep chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese
Name two different types of farming:
Crop and Stock farming (growing crops and keeping animals)
Crops are?
Vegetables, fruit and wheat
what are the main animals kept on a Stock farm?
Cattle (beef and dairy), sheep and goats, poultry
What are Raw foods
Fruit
Vegetables
Nuts
Grain
Name the 5 different food groups
FATS Carbohydrates Fruit and vegetables Proteins Dairy
what products do we get from sheep
WOOL
MEAT
what are Two kinds of poultry
Chicken
Ostrich
Name 3 Animals that give us Leather
Cattle
Pig
Goat
Name 3 products we get from Cattle
Meat
Milk
Leather
Chickens Give us
Eggs
meat
Name a Deciduous fruit and in which province you could find them.
(apples, pears, peaches, apricots)
Mainly Western Cape, Northern Cape
In which Province would you find Sugar cane (Kwa-Zulu Natal),
(Kwa-Zulu Natal),
where is Wheat grown
(Western Cape, Free State, Eastern Cape),
Name Citrus fruit
(oranges, lemons, naartjies, grapefruit)
Limpopo, North West, Mpumalanga, Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Kwa-Zulu Natal
where is Rooibos tea from
(Western Cape)
Maize is grown in
(Northern Free State)
Why do you eat Food?
For Energy
