WorksheetsFarming
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Farming and raising livestock for profit is called
Subsistence farming
Commercial farming
Arable farming
Growing crops and raising live stock to meet family needs is called
Commercial farming
Mixed farming
Subsistence farming
When only crops are grown, we refer to this as _______
Arable farming
Subsistence farming
Commercial farming
Raising livestock provides people with meat, egg, milk products and leather
True
False
Which of these is a physical factor affecting farming?
Amount of rainfall
Amount of machinery
Availability of workers
Amount of capital
Which of these is a farming input?
Tractor
Ploughing the fields
Milk
Harvest
Which of these is a farming process?
Tractor
Milking
Cows
Rainfall
Which of these is a farming output?
Tractor
Milk
Milking
Investment
What is the most basic form of farming, usually run by a family who work their own land?
Subsistence farming
Commercial farming
What is the main aim of commercial farming?
Sell everything the farm produces
Feed the farmer's family
Reduce the number of outputs
Protect the local environment
What are economies of scale?
Operating on a large scale to reduce costs
Reducing costs by minimising production
Spending money on cows and tractors
Reducing the number of employees on the farm
Why is temperature a factor that affects farming?
Each type of crop requires specific conditions for growth
Crops can grow in a wide range of conditions
Farmers prefer working in warmer conditions
Cows don't like the rain
Farming that involves low input of capital, material and labour with large amounts of land is...
Extensive farming
Intensive farming
Subsistence farming
Shifting cultivation
Farming that involves high inputs of capital, fertilisers and labour is known as...
Intensive farming
Extensive farming
Organic farming
Subsistence farming
Arable farming is...
growing crops
raising livestock
Inputs into a farm are...
things put into the farm, such as seeds
activities or changes, such as irrigating the fields
items produced by the farm, such as crops
none of these options
True or False? Intensive farming uses fewer workers than extensive farming.
False
True
True or False? Extensive farms are usually larger than intensive farms.
True
False
True or False? Most subsistence farming takes places in LICs.
True
False
Flowers, animal waste and lambs are all examples of...
Outputs
Inputs
Processes
Farms
