Agriculture, Environment Sustainability

What word is used for farming where animals graze on a piece of land?

• Tillage

• Pastoral

• Horticulture

• Arable

What word is used to describe farming which concentrates on growing vegetables?

Arable farming is the term used for the growing and cutting of maize, wheat, barley etc.

• True

• False

Milking, cutting silage and ploughing are all exampes of

• Inputs

• Processes

• Outputs

What does CAP stand for?

• Common Agricultural Policy

• Common Arable Policy

• Collaborative Agricultural Policy

Can wood be a renewable resource

• Yes, if used in a sustainable way

• No, it cannot.

What is the natural vegetation of Ireland?

• Coniferous forest

• Boreal forests

• Deciduous forest

• Subtropical forest

Which of these trees are examples of deciduous trees? (3)

• birch

• Pine

• oak

• ash

• beech

When were conifers introduced to Ireland?

• During the stone age

• During the iron age

• During the viking invasion

• During the plantations

Conifers lose their leaves in winter.

• True

• False