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Practice sheet

Agriculture and the environment


Name: _____________________
Subject: EM Year: 10 Section: ID: ALS______

Q1. State two ways to increase the yield of crops.


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2............................................................................................................................ [2]
Q2. Location D has a sandy soil. (
Complete the table to describe the characteristics of sandy soil.

[3]
Q3. Most farmers in the UK use intensive agricultural practices.
Approximately 2% of the working population are involved in agriculture. Agricultural
practices produce 60% of the UK’s food needs.
State three intensive agricultural practices.
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2................................................................................................................................
3.................................................................................................................................
[3]
Q4. The farmer writes a list of some of the components of soil.
Add three other components of soil to the list.
• mineral particles
mineral ions
• ......................................................................................
• ......................................................................................
• ...................................................................................... [3]
Q5. . Toothfish are harvested in the Southern Ocean off New Zealand. The graph shows the
harvest of toothfish over a 13-year period.

Describe the trends in the harvest of toothfish.


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Q6. (a)Using fertiliser is one way of increasing agricultural yields. State three other ways of
increasing agricultural yields.
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2.................................................................................................................................
3................................................................................................................................. [3]
b) The soil in the farmer’s fields is a clay soil. Describe two characteristics of a clay soil.
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2................................................................................................................................. [2]
Q7. Air pollution can contribute to deaths in humans.
The table shows the number of deaths per 100000 people linked to air pollution between 1990 and
2015.

Plot a line graph to show the number of deaths per 100000 people linked to air pollution between
1990 and 2015. Draw a straight line between each point.

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