Primary Ecomic Activities Flashcards

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1
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Irrigation dam name

A

Aswan high dam

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2
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Dam disadvantage

A

Buy expensive fertiliser
Evaporation
Worms in pipes

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3
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Population

A

77 million in 5% of country

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4
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Bog machines

A

Ditcher
Miller
Ridgerr
Harrow

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5
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Ditcher

A

Drain bog

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6
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Grader

A

Level surface

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7
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Miller

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Scrapes shallow layer of peat on surface

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8
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Harrow

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Drys layer pulled by tractor

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9
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3way technolgy expand bogs

A

Machines
Transport
Advertising

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10
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3 reasons overfishing

A

Modern technology’s
Ireland’s eu membership
Nets stronger and bigger

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11
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New technologies on ship

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Radar/sonar
Cold rooms
electric winches
Better nets

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12
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2 solutions

A

Quotas
Mesh bigger
Conservation box

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13
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Farm used

A

Pats farm mid Clare 70 hectares

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14
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Inputs

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Labour
Animals
Machinery
Specialist input

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15
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Processes spring farm

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Animals born

Spread fertiliser

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16
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Prosesss summer farm

A

Breeding
Cut silage
Graze in field

17
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Process winter

A

Kept indoors

Sold at market

18
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Outputs

A

Sold cattle in Ennis and sixmillbridge
Sells lamb local butcher in Clare
Slury spread on field as fertiliser

19
Q

Irragation advantage

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Stop drought
Stop flood
Spread people around Egypt
Farm food in successive yearsAdditional food