Primary Economic Activities (Junior Cert Geography): Quizzes
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What is the most important primary activity in Ireland?
What is the most important primary activity in Ireland?
Farming
What are the three main parts of a system?
What are the three main parts of a system?
Inputs, processes, outputs
In a system, what are inputs?
In a system, what are inputs?
Resources or materials needed to start
Which type of farming involves raising animals like cows, sheep, and goats?
Which type of farming involves raising animals like cows, sheep, and goats?
Pastoral farming
What is subsistence farming?
What is subsistence farming?
Producing food to meet family needs
Which farming type combines both crop cultivation and animal rearing?
Which farming type combines both crop cultivation and animal rearing?
Mixed farming
Which of these is a farm process?
Which of these is a farm process?
Ploughing
Which soil type is well-drained and suitable for crop rotation?
Which soil type is well-drained and suitable for crop rotation?
Brown soils
How does aspect affect farming?
How does aspect affect farming?
It affects sunlight and rainfall
What type of resource is peat?
What type of resource is peat?
Non-renewable resource
In peat extraction, what does the miller do?
In peat extraction, what does the miller do?
Cuts a thin layer of peat
By what year will peat use end in Ireland?
By what year will peat use end in Ireland?
2030
In a system, what are inputs?
In a system, what are inputs?
Resources or materials needed
What is subsistence farming?
What is subsistence farming?
Produces food for farmer's family
What are gley soils best used for?
What are gley soils best used for?
Growing grass
Which factors are most important in climate affecting farming?
Which factors are most important in climate affecting farming?
Temperature, rainfall, growing season
What does the EU's Common Agricultural Policy provide?
What does the EU's Common Agricultural Policy provide?
Subsidies & direct payments
What is aquaculture?
What is aquaculture?
Farming of fish & shellfish
What percentage of Ireland is covered in forest?
What percentage of Ireland is covered in forest?
11%
Why is Sitka spruce commonly planted in Ireland?
Why is Sitka spruce commonly planted in Ireland?
Thrives in wet, acidic soils
What is significant about Tara Mines in Co. Meath?
What is significant about Tara Mines in Co. Meath?
Largest zinc & lead mine in Europe
Where are raised bogs mainly found in Ireland?
Where are raised bogs mainly found in Ireland?
Flat lowlands, especially Midlands