Climate Regions
The coldest climate region
Polar
Characterised by poor soil, harsh and long winters and grasses
Tundra
What is subsistence agriculture (farming)?
Where crops and livestock are mainly grown to feed the farmer and his family
When someone has access to a sufficient amount of nutritious food
Food security
The method of agriculture when trees are cut down and burned
Slash and burn
Tropical
Characterised by very hot days, poor soil/sand and cactus plants
Desert
What is Commercial Agriculture?
Produce grown to be sold.
Physical, social, economic, environmental
Australia's main climate type
Arid
Characterised by cool winters, rich soil and mostly grasses / shrubs
Grassland
Unmanned aerial vehicles used to check on the overall health of the farm
Drones
Population growth comes under which factor?
Social
The practice of growing crops and raising livestock sufficient only for one's own use
Subsistence farming
Russia's main climate zone
Polar
Characterised by moist conditions and a huge diversity of plants and trees
Tropical Rainforest
What is Intensive farming?
Land is used immediately after the crop has been harvested.
The factor that includes the availability and access to food without needing to import
Physical
What is the term given to the Agricultural practice of using science and technology to improve farming.
Industrial Agriculture
South America's main climate type
Tropical
Characterised by rolling hills, tall grasslands and sparse trees
Tropical savanna
The chemicals added to the soil to increase its fertility
Fertiliser
The factor that includes the ability to purchase food and invest in agriculture
Economic
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