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GCSE Earth and Space – Sustainable methods for food production

Last updated: 21/03/2021

GCSE Science – Irish Junior Cycle (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Earth and Space) Human impacts on Earth GCSE Earth and Space – Sustainable methods for food production

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-I can describe ways to increase sustainability
-I can describe examples of sustainable agriculture
-I can explain the meaning of ‘Fairtrade”

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Question 1 of 25

1. Question
What do scientists do to help food security?
- Develop sustainable ways of farming
- Develop unsustainable ways of farming
- Input more money into farming
- Reserve more area for farming
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Question 2 of 25

2. Question
What is sustainability?
- The ability to be maintained
- The inability to be maintained
- The ability to decrease
- The ability to increase
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Question 3 of 25

3. Question
What is intensive farming?
- Maximising food production as much as possible
- Minimising food production as much as possible
- Maximising farming area
- Minimising energy usage
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Question 4 of 25

4. Question
What does intensive farming use?
- Machines and inorganic fertilisers
- Natural techniques
- Organic fertilisers
- Small areas
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Question 5 of 25

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What is monoculture?
- Growing only 1 crop
- Growing lots of crops
- Growing a large variety of crops
- Growing crops slowly
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Question 6 of 25

6. Question
What is a problem with intensive farming?
- It can lead to land pollution
- It can lead to nuclear waste
- It can lead to an increase in biodiversity
- It can help with food security
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Question 7 of 25

7. Question
What is a problem with monoculture?
- It can lower biodiversity
- It can increase biodiversity
- It has a positive impact on biodiversity
- It has no impact on biodiversity
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Question 8 of 25

8. Question
What do intensive farming and monoculture do?
- Increase food production
- Decrease food production
- No effect on food production
- Can effect food production either way
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Question 9 of 25

9. Question
How do farmers improve the efficiency of food production?
- By controlling temperature
- By controlling water levels
- By controlling photosynthesis
- By controlling transpiration
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Question 10 of 25

10. Question
Why does limiting movement improve efficiency of food production?
- Less energy is lost by respiration
- More energy is gained
- Less energy is lost by photosynthesis
- More energy is lost by photosynthesis
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Question 11 of 25

11. Question
Why does keeping temperature controlled help food production?
- Less energy is lost by heating
- More energy is lost by heating
- Less energy is produced
- More energy is produced
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Question 12 of 25

12. Question
What do farmers feed livestock?
- High protein food
- High fat food
- High carbohydrate food
- Low protein food
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Question 13 of 25

13. Question
Why do farmers feed livestock high protein food?
- As this increases mass the most
- As this increases mass the least
- As this causes the most energy loss
- As this tastes the best
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Question 14 of 25

14. Question
What do farmers sometimes give livestock?
- Antibiotics in food
- Antigens in food
- Antifungal cream in food
- Antiretroviral drugs
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Question 15 of 25

15. Question
Why do farmers give livestock antibiotics?
- To prevent diseases
- To cause diseases
- To increase energy levels
- To decrease food production
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Question 16 of 25

16. Question
What is farmers using antibiotics causing?
- The development of antibiotic resistant bacteria
- The development of antigen resistant bacteria
- The development of antigen resistant fungi
- The development of antibiotic resistant viruses
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Question 17 of 25

17. Question
Give an advantage of intensive farming
- Higher, efficient yields
- Lower yields
- Low but efficient yields
- High but inefficient yields
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Question 18 of 25

18. Question
Give a disadvantage of intensive farming
- Costs of setting up are high
- Quality control is hard
- Highly efficient
- Low yields
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Question 19 of 25

19. Question
Why do some people consider intensive farming unethical?
- As animals are often in small cages
- As animals have large areas to roam
- As animals aren't given enough food
- As animals are too cold
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Question 20 of 25

20. Question
What is organic farming?
- Farming without machines and pesticides
- Farming with machines
- Farming with pesticides
- Less ethical farming
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Question 21 of 25

21. Question
How does organic farming avoid monoculture?
- By rotating crops every month
- By using large areas
- By only growing 1 crop
- By using lots of energy
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Question 22 of 25

22. Question
What does plant rotation do to biodiversity?
- Increases biodiversity
- Decreases biodiversity
- Does not change biodiversity
- We don't know
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Question 23 of 25

23. Question
Why is organic farming used?
- As it is more ethical than intensive farming
- As it is less ethical than intensive farming
- As it is cheaper than intensive farming
- As it uses less land than intensive farming
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Question 24 of 25

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Why do people pay more for organic produce?
- As they like the ethical background
- As they like the added health benefits
- As they like the unethical background
- As they like paying more
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Question 25 of 25

25. Question
What is the definition of Fairtrade?
- When developing countries are offered a fair price for their goods
- When developed countries are offered a fair price for their goods
- When developing countries are offered a high price for their goods
- When developed countries are offered a high price for their goods
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