Climate Regions
Biomes
Bundaberg Agriculture
Food Security
Terms and Definitions
100

The coldest climate region

Polar

100

Characterised by poor soil, harsh and long winters and grasses

Tundra

100

The farm we visited

Aust Chilli

100

When someone has access to a sufficient amount of nutritious food

Food security 

100

The method of agriculture when trees are cut down and burned

Slash and burn

200
The hottest climate region

Tropical

200

Characterised by very hot days, poor soil/sand and cactus plants

Desert

200

The supermarket we visited

Woolworths

200
The four factors that influence food security

Physical, social, economic, environmental

200

The agricultural practice of growing a single crop year after year on the same land

Monocropping

300

Australia's main climate type

Arid

300

Characterised by cool winters, rich soil and mostly grasses / shrubs

Grassland

300

Unmanned aerial vehicles used to check on the overall health of the farm

Drones

300

Population growth comes under which factor?

Social

300

The practice of growing crops and raising livestock sufficient only for one's own use

Subsistence farming

400

Russia's main climate zone

Polar

400

Characterised by moist conditions and a huge diversity of plants and trees

Tropical Rainforest

400

The amount of seasons Bundaberg generally has

Two - winter and summer

400

The factor that includes the availability and access to food without needing to import

Physical

400

The type of agriculture that produces higher levels of crop yields and a low fallow ratio

Intensive farming

500

South America's main climate type

Tropical

500

Characterised by rolling hills, tall grasslands and sparse trees

Tropical savanna

500

The chemicals added to the soil to increase its fertility

Fertiliser

500

The factor that includes the ability to purchase food and invest in agriculture

Economic

500

A form of agriculture in which an area of ground is cleared of vegetation and cultivated for a few years and then abandoned for a new area

Shifting cultivation

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