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Year 10 AGS Term 1

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show any industry that is concerned with obtaining or providing natural raw materials for conversion into commodities and products for the consumer e.g. agriculture, mining, forestry  
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show the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fibre, shelter, biofuel and other products used to sustain human life  
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show adapting behaviours of plants and animals for human use  
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show Supply of products of value to the community (e.g. Milk, Beef) Ease of handling in captivity. Animals are capable of growing and reproducing in captivity  
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show the process to minimise 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  
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show environmental, economic and social factors  
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Identify some reasons why Agriculture is under pressure   show
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Define a system   show
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Describe Abiotic factors   show
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show The living organisms in a system eg. producers, consumers and decomposers  
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show A group of living organisms, their relationships with each other and their abiotic environment  
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Describe an Open System   show
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show A system that exchanges only energy with its surroundings, not matter. For example, the carbon or Nitrogen Cycle or the Earth  
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show A theoretical system that does not exchange energy or matter with it’s surroundings. For example the Universe or a Thermos Flask  
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Name the major components of a system   show
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show Plants - food: vegetables, wheat, carrots; fibre: flax, rubber, cotton; shelter: silkworm, pine, cedar. Animals - food: beef cattle, sheep, pigs; fibre: turkey, duck, chickens; shelter: cattle, horses (glue) and sheep  
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Describe the inputs of a system   show
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Describe processes of a system   show
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Describe outputs of a system   show
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show The limitations of the system including - amount of land available, climate/drought/floods, competitors, pests, weeds and diseases  
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Describe why an agricultural system is a managed system   show
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show Smaller systems within the farm that can be managed as separate systems e.g. individual paddocks, cropping and cattle on the same farm would be individual subsystems  
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Explain what the difference is between the model of the system and the actual farm   show
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show Data where there is a continuous spread and the data is not categorical. The data can be any value. e.g. temperature, height, weight.  
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What type of graph should be used to graph continuous data?   show
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show Data that belong in specific classes or groups - e.g. birth month, blood type, car brands  
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show A Bar Graph  
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Describe the points that make a 'good' graph   show
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show x axis  
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Identify the axis used on a graph for the dependent variable   show
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Describe an intensive agricultural system   show
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Describe an extensive agricultural system   show
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show Expensive to set up, can require a large number of employees, government regulation of intensive industries is high, consumers can view intensive ag as having poor welfare  
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Describe the term Sole Trader   show
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Describe partnerships   show
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show A form of business structure that is a separate legal entity. The company has the same rights as a person so can incur debt, be sued and sue  
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show It describes the manner in which a party holds or occupies an area of land. In Qld this can be Freehold or Leasehold land.  
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