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Seeds, fertilizers, machinery and labour.
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Option A
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Option B
4.
Minerals occur in different types of rocks. Some are found in igneous rocks, some in metamorphic rocks while others occur in sedimentary rocks. Generally, metallic minerals are found in igneous and metamorphic rock formations that form large plateaus.
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Option A
6.
Option A
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This type of farming is practiced to meet the needs of the farmer’s family. Traditionally, low levels of technology and household labour are used to produce on small output. Subsistence farming can be further classified as intensive subsistence and primitive subsistence farming.
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Commercial farming includes commercial grain farming, mixed farming and plantation agriculture
9.
Option A
10.
Mineral based industries are primary industries that use mineral ores as their raw materials. The products of these industries feed other industries.
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In this type of farming, herdsmen move from place to place with their animals for fodder and water, along defined routes. This type of movement arises in response to climatic constraints and terrain. Sheep, camel, yak and goats are most commonly reared. They provide milk, meat, wool, hides and other products to the herders and their families.
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In commercial farming crops are grown and animals are reared for sale in market. The area cultivated and the amount of capital used is large. Most of the work is done by machines.
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Minerals
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Industries can be classified on the basis of raw materials, size and ownership. Raw Materials: Industries may be agro based, mineral based, marine based and forest based depending on the type of raw materials they use.
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The processes include a wide range of activities that convert the raw material into finished products. The outputs are the end product and the income earned from it.
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Practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.
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An industrial system consists of inputs, processes and outputs. The inputs are the raw materials, labour and costs of land, transport, power and other infrastructure.
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Wheat and maize are common commercially grown grains.
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Maize
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They can be identified on the basis of their physical properties such as colour, density, hardness and chemical property such as solubility.
