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Year 10 AGS Term 1 Test

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Describe the inputs of a system
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Describe continuous data
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Name the major components of a system
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What type of graph should be used to graph discontinuous data?
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Describe why an agricultural system is a managed system
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Explain what the difference is between the model of the system and the actual farm
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Describe an Open System
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Describe Abiotic factors
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Describe the term Sole Trader
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Describe an Isolated System
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The three pillars of sustainability
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Describe boundaries of a system
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Describe discontinuous data
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State some disadvantages of intensive agriculture
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What type of graph should be used to graph continuous data?
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Describe an intensive agricultural system
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Define a system
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Describe Biotic factors
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Describe processes of a system
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Describe a Closed System
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A system that freely exchanges energy and matter with its surroundings (energy and matter both transfer in and out of the system) e.g. A farm
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inputs, outputs, boundaries, subsystems, processes, interactions, feedback and monitoring
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The living organisms in a system eg. producers, consumers and decomposers
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environmental, economic and social factors
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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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A form of business structure where the person trading is the individual legally responsible for all aspects of the business
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The inputs and processes must be managed by the farmer to ensure the desired outputs are achieved
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The limitations of the system including - amount of land available, climate/drought/floods, competitors, pests, weeds and diseases
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The systems model is a theoretical approach to understand the process, it helps 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.
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Line graphs or xy scatter plots
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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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The non-living components of a system e.g. Soil and climate
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Data that belong in specific classes or groups - e.g. birth month, blood type, car brands
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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. feedlots, piggeries, market gardens
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Inputs are raw materials such as seed, fertiliser, fuel, labour and management used to make a product
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A group of objects, materials or processes that interact to achieve some purpose
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A Bar Graph
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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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Stages and alterations that the raw materials must undergo to convert them into the desired product. Examples: Growth, photosynthesis, harvesting, spraying weeds
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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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Identify the axis used on a graph for the independent variable
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Identify the axis used on a graph for the dependent variable
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A group of living organisms, their relationships with each other and their abiotic environment
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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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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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adapting behaviours of plants and animals for human use
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A form of business structure where a number of people carry the business on together
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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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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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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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