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Four natural systems
7 classes of land use & Changing Farms
Types of farming
Issues facing Canada
Fun Facts
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Climate Soil biology Topography are...
Are the four natural systems of farming
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Which is the best Class for farming?
What is Class 1.
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Which type of farming uses large amounts of labor, machinery, and fertilizer? Intensive or Extensive?
What is Intensive farming.
100
What is one issue facing Canadian farmers?
What is loss of farmland, Decline of family farms, Sustainable agriculture and/or BSE (Mad Cow Disease).
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How many toes does a sheep have? 2, 3 or 5?
What is 2 toes.
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What are the two variables that contribute to successful farming?
What is Solar Energy/Heat & Moisture.
200
What is the worst class land to have for farming?
What is Class 7
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If a farm is close to a market, what types of products will it produce and sell?
What is vegetables, milk or eggs.
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What is Mad Cow Disease?
What is a rare illness people can contract from eating meat that is bad. It affects the brain and is a very serious disease.
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What percent of Canadians are farmers? 20%, 50% or 80%?
What is 20 %.
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In excessively wet areas, what may reduce plant growth?
What is leaching.
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Which class takes up most of Canada's land use?
What is Class 7.
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If farms are located far away from markets, what types of food will it produce?
What is grains and/or seed.
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Traditionally, when a father who owned a farm passed away, who was given the farm land and how was it separated?
What is the sons in the family were given the farm, and it was separated/divided all into equal parts. The daughters on the farm were not given any of it.
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What are the two largest types of Farming operated in Canada? (i.e Fruits or Vegetables, Crop Farming, Poultry, Beef)
Beef and Crop farming.
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What is one example of an organism that is beneficial to farming?
What is either Earthworms or Bees.
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Comparing 1867 to 2014, which year had more agricultural success and many more farms?
What is 1867.
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Which type of farming has high yields per hectare? (I.e farms are very small with lots of crops growing per hectare)
What is Intensive farming.
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What is the problem with having farms near cities?
These farms need to expand but are unable to because they are surrounded by cities that are becoming more and more populated.
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What meat industry was hit worst by BSE (Mad cow diseass
What is the Beef Industry.
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What type of land is generally best for farming?
What is extremely well drained land.
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What percent do farmers account for in Canada`s labor force?
What is 3%.
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What are the three economic factors that affect whether a farmer chooses to practice intensive or extensive farming?
What is Cost or Value of land, Proximity to the market and Competition.
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Farming is great, but what does it eventually begin to do to the soil?
What is damage and make it unusable in years to come. It begins to slowly damage and ruin it.
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What is the largest produced fruit in Canada?
What are Blueberries.