5.2 Terrestrial Food Production Systems

Question 1

Sustainability

Answer 1

the ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level

Question 2

Biodiversity

Answer 2

all the different kinds of life you’ll find in one area

Question 3

Shifting Agriculture

Answer 3

a system of agriculture that preserves soil fertility by rotating the land used to farm, after crops are grown the land is let to grow back on its own

Question 4

Food Security

Answer 4

the state of having reliable access to a stable source of healthy affordable food

Question 5

Intensive Farming

Answer 5

farming that makes use of large amount of fertilizer and machinery - requires large labor and capital inputs

Question 6

Extensive Farming

Answer 6

form of farming that will make use of relatively low inputs of capital and labor in relation to the land that is being used for farming

Question 7

Subsistence Farming

Answer 7

the form of farming where the farmer is aiming to produce and rely on his own food production for his and his families meals

Question 8

Commercial Farming

Answer 8

the act of producing food on a massive scale to be able to feed many others

Question 9

Arable Farms

Answer 9

these farms grow crops

Question 10

Pastoral Farms

Answer 10

these farms raise animals and use them for meet or other purposes (wool, milk, eggs)