Farming as a System Game.
Farming Game:
JC Essay Question: "A farm operates as a system with inputs, processes and outputs." Examine this statement in the case of any farm you have studied.
- What type of farmer are you? How do you know this?
- What months of the year were most difficult for you financially?
- Which months did you make the most money?
- Did any surprises cost you money this year?
- Did you make a profit?
- Did you like the game?
JC Essay Question: "A farm operates as a system with inputs, processes and outputs." Examine this statement in the case of any farm you have studied.
Water- our most important natural resource
Primary Economic Activities are jobs that take raw materials from the earth. Water is our most precious raw material and essential for life. We must therefore use it carefully. Conservation, Preservation and Sustainability are all important when studying water. Do you know what each of these words mean?
Watch this video and answer the questions in the word doc above.
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Fishing
Complete the questions below by studying the chart.
Sustainability
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Quiz on Natural Resources
- What is a natural energy resource?
- What is the most important natural resource?
- Match up the correct pairs Finite/ Non-finite/ Renewable/ Non-renewable (2)
- Explain one of these words.
- What is a fossil fuel?
- Give 3 examples of fossil fuels. (3)
- What is the biggest oil producing country in the world?
- What do they do with their oil?
- What energy resource is drilled off the coast of Cork and Mayo?
- Name these 2 sites. (2)
- Who were the Rossport five?
- Name one social concern and one environmental concern that they had. (2)
- Name the 2 types of bog in Ireland. (2)
- What are the 2 major differences between them. (2)
- What company was set up to extract peat from the bog?
- Name the machine that drains the bog.
- What does a grader machine do to the bog?
- What is a miller and why is it so important for industrial scale peat extraction. (2)
- Name 3 finished products from the peat industry. (3)
- Name 2 types of renewable energy. (2)
- Name one environmental and one economic impact of these types of energy. (2)
- What does HEP mean?