Pastoral Farming is when they...
  • Grow crops
  • Rear animals
  • Grow crops and rear animals
Tillage farming is also called....
  • Mixed
  • Arable
  • Commercial
  • Subsistence
Horticulture/Market gardening is the intensive growing of fruit, flowers and vegetables usually in....
  • Fields
  • Developing Countries
  • Greenhouses
  • Mountainous areas
Which part of Ireland is most suited for Intensive farming?
  • East
  • West
South facing slopes get more sunlight, therefore are better to grow on than North facing slopes?
  • True
  • False
Upland/Mountainous areas are more suited for growing/rearing...
  • Crops
  • Animals
  • Both (Crops and Animals)
The work that is put into the farm is called...
  • Hard graft
  • Work
  • Labour
'Processes' are the activities/work that are done to the inputs to make something new or different?
  • True
  • False
When does silage usually get cut? (Silage is grass that is cut and stored and used to feed animals during winter)
  • Winter
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn
Farming and raising livestock for profit is called
  • Subsistence farming
  • Commercial farming
  • Arable farming
Growing crops and raising live stock to meet family needs is called
  • Commercial farming
  • Mixed farming
  • Subsistence farming
When only crops are grown, we refer to this as _______
  • Arable farming
  • Subsistence farming
  • Commercial farming
Which of these is a physical factor affecting farming?
  • Amount of rainfall
  • Amount of machinery
  • Availability of workers
  • Amount of capital
Which of these is a farming input?
  • Tractor
  • Ploughing the fields
  • Milk
  • Harvest
Which of these is a farming process?
  • Tractor
  • Milking
  • Cows
  • Rainfall
Which of these is a farming output?
  • Tractor
  • Milk
  • Milking
  • Investment
What is the most basic form of farming, usually run by a family who work their own land?
  • Subsistence farming
  • Commercial farming
Farming that involves low input of capital, material and labour with large amounts of land is...
  • Extensive farming
  • Intensive farming
  • Subsistence farming
  • Shifting cultivation
Farming that involves high inputs of capital, fertilisers and labour is known as...
  • Intensive farming
  • Extensive farming
  • Organic farming
  • Subsistence farming
Arable farming is...
  • growing crops
  • raising livestock
Which layer of soil are these roots growing in?
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  • subsoil
  • topsoil
Which layer is the bottom of the soil profile?
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  • C - Partially Weathered Parent Material
  • D - Separated rock
  • R - Bedrock
  • A - Topsoil
Which soil profile is more likely to have and Iron Pan?
  • Brown Earths
  • Podzol
  • Gleys
Severe Acid leaching is found in which soil profile?
  • Gleys
  • Brown Earths
  • Podzols
  • Brown Podzols
Which type of soil conservation strategy is being  used in this picture?
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  • windbreakers
  • contour farming
  • planting of vegetation
  • terracing
Farmer Joe plowed curved rows that followed the shape of the land in order to create water breaks, what method did he use?
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  • contour plowing
  • crop rotation
  • subsoil preservation
  • terrace farming
Raising livestock provides people with meat, egg, milk products and leather
  • True
  • False
What is the main aim of commercial farming?
  • Sell everything the farm produces
  • Feed the farmer's family
  • Reduce the number of outputs
  • Protect the local environment
What are economies of scale?
  • Operating on a large scale to reduce costs
  • Reducing costs by minimising production
  • Spending money on cows and tractors
  • Reducing the number of employees on the farm
Why is temperature a factor that affects farming?
  • Each type of crop requires specific conditions for growth
  • Crops can grow in a wide range of conditions
  • Farmers prefer working in warmer conditions
  • Cows don't like the rain
Inputs into a farm are...
  • things put into the farm, such as seeds
  • activities or changes, such as irrigating the fields
  • items produced by the farm, such as crops
  • none of these options
True or False? Intensive farming uses fewer workers than extensive farming.
  • False
  • True
True or False? Extensive farms are usually larger than intensive farms.
  • True
  • False
True or False? Most subsistence farming takes places in LICs.
  • True
  • False
Flowers, animal waste and lambs are all examples of...
  • Outputs
  • Inputs
  • Processes
  • Farms
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