WorksheetsFARMING
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 24mins
Farming and raising livestock for profit is called
Subsistence farming
Commercial farming
Arable farming
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
Which of the following is a fibre crop?
Rice
Wheat
Jute
Sugarcanr
Plantation farming is a type of
Subsistence farming
Intensive farming
Commercial farming
Grain farming
_____________________ agriculture is a primitive agricultural technique
Slash and burn
Podu
Valre
Khil
Which factor plays the most crucial role in governing agricultural activities throughout the world?
Temperature
Climate
Rainfall
Humidity
In intensive farming-
Maximum usage of maximum land in done
Minimum usage of maximum land is done
Minimum usage of minimum land is done
Maximum usage of minimum land is done
Farming and raising livestock for profit is called
Subsistence farming
Commercial farming
Arable farming
What is the term used when plant of the same kind are grown and cultivated at one place on a large scale?
farming
vegetable farming
crop
plant
When only crops are grown, we refer to this as _______
Arable farming
Subsistence farming
Commercial farming
What is used by organic farmers to enrich the soil?
Fertilizer
Pesticides
Antibiotics
Manure from animals
In which type of farming does genetic modification is not done to increase the yield of the crop?
Organic
Subsistence
Mixed
Commercial
The important ------ of agriculture are machinery, seeds, chemicals etc
Processes
Outputs
Inputs
None of the above
The two most important staple food crops of the world are ................... and ..................
Ragi & Bajra
Tea & Coffee
Millets & Maize
Rice & Wheat
Which among the following are fibre crops?
Millets and Maize
Jute and cotton
Tea and Coffee
Rice and Wheat
Identify the type of farming practiced to meet the needs of the farmer’s family.
Commercial Farming
Mixed farming
Plantation agriculture
Subsistence farming.
Which country is the largest exporter of sugar in the world?
Jamaica
Guyana
Brazil
Canada
What name is given to the soil conservation technique used on steep slopes?
Terrain Cultivation
Crop Rotation/ Shifting
Terracing
Soil Creep
Some of the ................................. of using these ........................., however – such as build-up of ................................. in the soil, loss of biodiversity and an immunity of some pests to the chemicals
immunity
side-effects
pesticides
chemicals
Main raw material for textile industries
Sugarcane
Cotton
Tea
Which form of commercial agriculture is found primarily in developing countries?
plantation agriculture
livestock farming
mixed farming
dairy farming
truck farming
