Farming in the UK
Pastoral farming
The use of chemicals
Food supply and malnutrition
Kenya and Egypt
100
What type of farming is this? Found in the east, plenty of rain, land is low-lying, transport is good.
Arable Farming
100
They mainly involve three types of animals. What animals?
Goats, sheeps and cattles
100
What is pesticide?
It is a chemical applied to crops to control pests, diseases and weeds.
100
What does DES stand for?
Dietary Energy Supply
100
Kenya: What are shambas?
Crops grown in small plots of land.
200
What does CAP stand for?
Common Agricultural Policy
200
One of the recent changes in farms. (number of farms.)
A decrease in the number of farms.
200
Pesticide can affect non-harmful wildlife such as..?
Bees
200
What is DES?
DES is the number of calories per person available in each day in a country.
200
Egypt: What is the Nile delta?
A river.
300
What type of farming is this? Near large urban areas. Some produce artificial conditions. (Flowers, tomatoes)
Market Gardening
300
What are the outputs of Pastoral Farming?
Young lambs, lamb, wool and hay.
300
What is fertiliser?
It is a mineral compound, that contains one or more of the six main nutrients needed for successful plant growth.
300
What is malnutrition caused by?
Malnutitrion is caused by deficiencies in diet, either in amount or type.
300
Kenya: The most important crop that can be grown under the shade of a small banana tree, is called what?
Maize
400
What type of farming is this? Plenty of rain, land is low-lying, are important where summers are cool.
Cattle farms
400
Valley floors are suitable for what animal?
Cattle
400
The average soil rarely contains the nutrients needed, exactly what are those?
Nitrogen,phosphorus and potassium. This is to provide a healthy crop or a high yield.
400
What is a low birthweight in babies?
A low birthweight is below 2500g.
400
Egypt: What is salnisation?
As the water evaporates under the hot sun, it leaves behind a concentration of salt, this process is called salnisation.
500
Drier areas to the east normally grow...?
Cereals
500
Lake District has an estimated number of hill sheeps, what is the number?
1.5 million
500
What is phosphate?
Phosphate is farm slurry and untreated human sewage, that can also pollute water supplies.
500
What are two major protein and deficiency diseases?
Marasmus and kwashiorkor.
500
What is irrigation?
Irrigation means that water is on the earths surface for longer than during a floow.
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