10.2 Environment and population

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10.2: Name the two key environmental variables.
Climate and soils
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10.2: Define agricultural productivity.
THE RATIO OF AGRICULTURAL OUTPUTS TO AGRICULTURAL INPUTS.
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10.2: Define climate.
A REGION’S LONG-TERM WEATHER PATTERNS. THIS IS MEASURED IN TERMS OF AVERAGE PRECIPITATION (THAT IS, THE AMOUNT OF ANNUAL RAINFALL, SNOW ETC) MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE SEASONS, SUNSHINE HOURS, HUMIDITY, THE FREQUENCY OF EXTREME
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10.2: Define food security.
FOOD SECURITY EXISTS WHEN ALL PEOPLE AT ALL TIMES HAVE ACCESS TO SUFFICIENT, SAFE AND NUTRITIOUS FOOD TO MAINTAIN A HEALTHY AND ACTIVE LIFE.
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10.2: Define salinisation.
THE BUILD UP OF SALTS IN SOIL, EVENTUALLY TO TOXIC LEVELS FOR PLANTS.
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10.2: Define topography.
THE RELIEF AND DRAINAGE OF AN AREA.
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10.2: Define zonal soil.
A SOIL WHICH HAS EXPERIENCED THE MAXIMUM EFFECT OF CLIMATE AND NATURAL VEGETATION UPON THE PARENT ROCK, ASSUMING THERE ARE NO EXTREMES OF WEATHERING, RELIEF OR DRAINAGE.
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10.2: Name the different types of farming.
Intensive - capital intensive & labour intensive / Commercial / Subsistence / Extensive
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10.2: What is the most commonly used measurement of productivity.
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY (TFP)
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10.2: Name our two example climates.
POLAR & TROPICAL MONSOON
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10.2: Name our two zonal soil examples.
CHERNOZEM & THE RED/YELLOW LATOSALS OF THE TROPICAL RAINFOREST
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10.2: Name the two main types of soil erosion.
WATER & WIND
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10.2: Name the three other main types of soil problems.
WATERLOGGING / SALINISATION / STRUCTURAL DETERIORATION OF SOIL
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10.2: What are the four main components of food security?
AVAILABILITY / ACCESS / USE / STABILITY
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10.2: Name the two key strategies we studied for increasing food security.
INCREASING FOOD PRODUCTION
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THE RATIO OF AGRICULTURAL OUTPUTS TO AGRICULTURAL INPUTS.

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10.2: Define agricultural productivity.

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A REGION’S LONG-TERM WEATHER PATTERNS. THIS IS MEASURED IN TERMS OF AVERAGE PRECIPITATION (THAT IS, THE AMOUNT OF ANNUAL RAINFALL, SNOW ETC) MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE SEASONS, SUNSHINE HOURS, HUMIDITY, THE FREQUENCY OF EXTREME

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FOOD SECURITY EXISTS WHEN ALL PEOPLE AT ALL TIMES HAVE ACCESS TO SUFFICIENT, SAFE AND NUTRITIOUS FOOD TO MAINTAIN A HEALTHY AND ACTIVE LIFE.

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Card 5

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THE BUILD UP OF SALTS IN SOIL, EVENTUALLY TO TOXIC LEVELS FOR PLANTS.

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