Term 4 Exam Revision

Question 1

Name 7 ways of getting food

Answer 1

Buy from a shop
Buy from a street market
Trade
Hunt
Fish
Collect
Grow

Question 2

Name and explain 2 ways of farming

Answer 2

SUBSISTENCE FARMING: when a farmer grows crops and raises animals to feed himself and his family

COMMERCIAL FARMING: when a farmer grows crops and raises animals to sell

Question 3

Name 3 main crops grown in South Africa

Answer 3

Maize
Wheat
Sugar cane

Question 4

Why do people grow food on cities

Answer 4

1. To provide food for themselves and their families
2. To slaughter animals for feasts.
3. To save money due to extra expenses in cities

Question 5

Name and give an example of small stock

Answer 5

Animals which need. Small are of land

Pigs, goats

Question 6

Name and give an example of large stock

Answer 6

Animals which need a large area of land to live

Cattle, sheep

Question 7

Name and explain poultry

Answer 7

Birds rises for their feathers, meat, eggs or other products

Chickens, ducks

Question 8

Name 5 farm expenses

Answer 8

Seeds
Animals
Labour
Equipment
Fertilizer
Irrigation
Transport
Food

Question 9

Name 7 examples of how food is processed

Answer 9

Cut
Dry
Clean
Package
Pluck
Freeze
Cook
Mix
Season (spice)
Peel

Question 10

Why do we process food?

Answer 10

It’s easier and quicker

So the food lays longer

Question 11

Explain crops

Answer 11

Plants grown to be used as food

Question 12

What is processing?

Answer 12

Anything that is done to feed before you buy it

Question 13

Explain expenses

Answer 13

Anything which must be paid for by the farm

Question 14

Name 5 uses of water at home

Answer 14

Bath or shower
Wash dishes or clothes
Cook
Drink
Clean
Water garden
Feed pets

Question 15

Give 5 examples of wasting water

Answer 15

Not fixing leaking pipes or taps
Watering the garden when it is hot 
Using a dishwasher 
Using too much water in the bath or shower 
Leaving taps open

Question 16

Give 4 other uses of water

Answer 16

Factories
Farms
Power plants
Mining

Question 17

Explain communal

Answer 17

Shared by many people

Question 18

What is a borehole?

Answer 18

A hole dug in the ground to reach underground water

Question 19

What is a reservoir?

Answer 19

A big tank in town that stores clean water - tap water comes from here

Question 20

What is diarrhea?

Answer 20

A sickness where the body loses fluids ( runny tummy)

Question 21

What is a source?

Answer 21

Where something comes from

Question 22

What is faeces?

Answer 22

Solid human and animal waste

Question 23

What is irrigation?

Answer 23

Taking water from a river or dam to water crops on a farm

Question 24

What is recycling?

Answer 24

To use something gain instead of throwing it away or getting a new one

Question 25

What is sanitation?

Answer 25

The shipment and systems that keep places Clean

Question 26

What is the natural water cycle?

Answer 26

Constant movement of water between ocean, air and ground

Question 27

What is water vapor?

Answer 27

Water in its gas form

Question 28

What is purification?

Answer 28

Removing dirty and harmful things

Question 29

What are wetlands?

Answer 29

Where underground water reaches the surface

Question 30

What is a dam?

Answer 30

A big wall is built across a river to store water

Question 31

What is artificial?

Answer 31

Not natural - made by people

Question 32

What is a sewer?

Answer 32

Large pipe which carries dirty water from houses to a large sewage plant

Question 33

You will need to draw the water cycle. Here is some information to include

Answer 33

EVAPORATION: energy from the sun heats the surface of the ocean Water evaporates and becomes water vapor CONDENSATION: the water vapor rises into the air and becomes clouds PRECIPITATION: when the clouds get big enough and cool down, rain falls down to the ground Most of the rain soaks into the ground UNDERGROUND WATER: some of the water is stores underground Most water flows underground down the slope to the ocean Some rain runs down I tori era and flows into the ocean