In each blank, try to type in the
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If your not sure what answer should be entered, press the space bar and the next missing letter will be displayed. When you are all done, you should look back over all your answers and review the ones in red. These ones in red are the ones which you needed help on. Term: Define IndustryDefinition: any industry that is concerned with obtaining or providing natural raw materials for into commodities and products for the consumer e.g. agriculture, mining, forestry Term: Define Definition: the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, , shelter, biofuel and other products used to sustain human life Term: DomesticationDefinition: adapting behaviours of plants and animals for use
Term: Reasons for the of animals Definition: Supply of products of value to the community (e.g. Milk, Beef)
Ease of handling in captivity. Animals are of growing and reproducing in captivity Term: SustainabilityDefinition: the process to the waste of inputs in a system which ensures that the system has the potential to continue without negative impacts on environmental, financial and social factors Term: The pillars of sustainability Definition: environmental, and social factors Term: Identify some reasons why Agriculture is pressure
Definition: Examples include The human population is increasing and more people need more food, urbanisation is reducing the agricultural land , Term: Define a Definition: A group of objects, materials or that interact to achieve some purpose Term: Abiotic factors Definition: The non-living of a system e.g. Soil and climate Term: Biotic factors Definition: The living organisms in a eg. producers, consumers and decomposers Term: Define Definition: A group of living organisms, relationships with each other and their abiotic environment Term: Describe an Open Definition: A system that freely exchanges energy and matter with its surroundings (energy and matter both in and out of the system) e.g. A farm
Term: Describe a Closed Definition: A system that exchanges only energy with its surroundings, not matter. For example, the or Nitrogen Cycle or the Earth
Term: an Isolated System Definition: A theoretical system that does not exchange energy or matter with it’s . For example the Universe or a Thermos Flask
Term: Name the major components of a Definition: inputs, outputs, boundaries, , processes, interactions, feedback and monitoring Term: Name three examples of plants and that provide food, fibre and shelterDefinition: Plants - food: vegetables, wheat, carrots; fibre: flax, rubber, cotton; shelter: , pine, cedar. Animals - food: beef cattle, sheep, pigs; fibre: turkey, duck, chickens; shelter: cattle, horses (glue) and sheep Term: Describe the inputs of a Definition: Inputs are raw materials such as seed, , fuel, labour and management used to make a product
Term: Describe processes of a Definition: Stages and alterations that the raw must undergo to convert them into the desired product. Examples:
Growth, photosynthesis, harvesting, spraying weeds Term: Describe outputs of a Definition: produced on a farm
Examples include animals, hay, grain, wool, milk or eggs
Term: Describe boundaries of a Definition: The limitations of the system including - amount of land , climate/drought/floods, competitors, pests, weeds and diseases Term: Describe why an agricultural is a managed systemDefinition: The inputs and must be managed by the farmer to ensure the desired outputs are achieved Term: Describe subsystems of a Definition: Smaller systems within the farm that can be managed as separate systems e.g. paddocks, cropping and cattle on the same farm would be individual subsystems Term: Explain what the is between the model of the system and the actual farmDefinition: The systems model is a theoretical approach to understand the process, it the business plan and aids in decision-making. It identifies all of the parts that must function together for the farm to produce the materials a farmer can sell. Term: continuous data Definition: Data where there is a continuous spread and the data is not categorical. The data can be any value. e.g. , height, weight. Term: What type of should be used to graph continuous data?Definition: Line graphs or xy plots Term: discontinuous data Definition: Data that belong in specific classes or groups - e.g. birth month, blood type, car Term: What type of should be used to graph discontinuous data?Definition: A Bar Term: Describe the that make a 'good' graphDefinition: A Descriptive Title (includes both axes), Units and Labels on each Axis, Not /easy to read, The chart filled the entire area
Term: Identify the axis used on a graph for the independent Definition: x axis Term: the axis used on a graph for the dependent variableDefinition: y axis Term: Describe an agricultural systemDefinition: A system on a small area of land, requiring large labour inputs, can control the climate of the commodity and the commodity can be produced year-round e.g. , piggeries, market gardens Term: Describe an extensive agricultural Definition: A system on a larger area of land where /plants are raised with less animals / unit of land than intensive agriculture. There are less inputs and ongoing labour required daily. The commodity is seasonal and can be susceptible to drought and flood Term: State some of intensive agricultureDefinition: Expensive to set up, can require a large number of employees, regulation of intensive industries is high, consumers can view intensive ag as having poor welfare Term: Describe the term Sole Definition: A form of business structure the person trading is the individual legally responsible for all aspects of the business Term: partnershipsDefinition: A form of business structure where a number of people carry the business on Term: Describe a Definition: A form of business structure that is a legal entity. The company has the same rights as a person so can incur debt, be sued and sue Term: Land TenureDefinition: It describes the in which a party holds or occupies an area of land. In Qld this can be Freehold or Leasehold land. |
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