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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Q2. Location D has a sandy soil. (
Complete the table to describe the characteristics of sandy soil.
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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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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
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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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b) The soil in the farmer’s fields is a clay soil. Describe two characteristics of a clay soil.
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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.
