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Farming

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Farming and raising livestock for profit is called

a)

Subsistence farming

b)

Commercial farming

c)

Arable farming

2.

Growing crops and raising live stock to meet family needs is called

a)

Commercial farming

b)

Mixed farming

c)

Subsistence farming

3.

When only crops are grown, we refer to this as _______

a)

Arable farming

b)

Subsistence farming

c)

Commercial farming

4.

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

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Which of these is a physical factor affecting farming?

a)

Amount of rainfall

b)

Amount of machinery

c)

Availability of workers

d)

Amount of capital

6.

Which of these is a farming input?

a)

Tractor

b)

Ploughing the fields

c)

Milk

d)

Harvest

7.

Which of these is a farming process?

a)

Tractor

b)

Milking

c)

Cows

d)

Rainfall

8.

Which of these is a farming output?

a)

Tractor

b)

Milk

c)

Milking

d)

Investment

9.

What is the most basic form of farming, usually run by a family who work their own land?

a)

Subsistence farming

b)

Commercial farming

10.

What is the main aim of commercial farming?

a)

Sell everything the farm produces

b)

Feed the farmer's family

c)

Reduce the number of outputs

d)

Protect the local environment

11.

What are economies of scale?

a)

Operating on a large scale to reduce costs

b)

Reducing costs by minimising production

c)

Spending money on cows and tractors

d)

Reducing the number of employees on the farm

12.

Why is temperature a factor that affects farming?

a)

Each type of crop requires specific conditions for growth

b)

Crops can grow in a wide range of conditions

c)

Farmers prefer working in warmer conditions

d)

Cows don't like the rain

13.

Farming that involves low input of capital, material and labour with large amounts of land is...

a)

Extensive farming

b)

Intensive farming

c)

Subsistence farming

d)

Shifting cultivation

14.

Farming that involves high inputs of capital, fertilisers and labour is known as...

a)

Intensive farming

b)

Extensive farming

c)

Organic farming

d)

Subsistence farming

15.

Arable farming is...

a)

growing crops

b)

raising livestock

16.

Inputs into a farm are...

a)

things put into the farm, such as seeds

b)

activities or changes, such as irrigating the fields

c)

items produced by the farm, such as crops

d)

none of these options

17.

True or False? Intensive farming uses fewer workers than extensive farming.

a)

False

b)

True

18.

True or False? Extensive farms are usually larger than intensive farms.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

True or False? Most subsistence farming takes places in LICs.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Flowers, animal waste and lambs are all examples of...

a)

Outputs

b)

Inputs

c)

Processes

d)

Farms