Farming and irrigation.

Farming and irrigation.

Year 5

What is livestock?

• Livestock is commonly defined as domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting.

• They are used to produce labor and commodities such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool.

Multiple Choice

Raising livestock provides people with meat, egg, milk products and leather

• True

• False

Did people farm in the olden times?

• Before farming, people lived by hunting wild animals and gathering wild plants. When supplies ran out, these hunter-gatherers moved on. 

• Farming meant that people did not need to travel to find food. Instead, they began to live in settled communities, and grew crops or raised animals on nearby land.

Multiple Choice

How did the domestication of plants and animals affect early man?

• They could have pets

• They could visit distant places

• They could hunt and gather

• They could stay in one place for a long time

Multiple Choice

Which is not a benefit of farming?

• Farming produced more food

• Farming could be uncertain if there was bad weather

• Farming required less land than hunting and gathering

• Farming enabled people to settle in one place

What is irrigation?

• The supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels.

  
  

• The river, dam, channels or sprinklers supplies water for irrigation of agricultural crops.

Multiple Choice

One of the advantages for irrigation is:

• The soil absorbs water so quickly which is dangerous for plant growth

• a layer of salt may form on the surface of the soil, and this can be toxic to plants

• water evaporates quickly

• crops grow quickly

Multiple Choice

Which body of water does the early Egyptian used to water their plants?

• Red Sea

• Nile River

• Mediterranean Sea

• Caspian Sea

Multiple Choice

Irrigation means..........................

• growing new plants in the desert.

• using the date palm trees to build houses.

• putting water on to dry land so that crops will grow well.

Multiple Choice

Where is sprinkler irrigation popular?

• deserts

• vegetable gardens, crops, lawns, golf courses

• organic hydroponics

• blueberry farms

Multiple Choice

What is the best definition for irrigation?

• Growing high-yield crops

• All of the water used by a consumer

• Diverting water from a natural source to farm in a place that typically doesn't have enough water.

• Modern farming

Multiple Choice

Farming and raising livestock for profit is called

• Subsistence farming

• Commercial farming

• Arable farming

Multiple Choice

Farming and raising livestock for profit is called

• Subsistence farming

• Commercial farming

• Arable farming