Question

Exercises
1. Answer the following questions.
(i) What is agriculture?
(11) Name the factors influencing agriculture?
(111) What is shifting cultivation? What are its disadvantages?
(iv) What is plantation agriculture?
(V) Name the fibre crops and name the climatic conditions required for their
growth.​

Answer 1

Answer:

agriculture is the main occuption of people of india.agriculture is the source of living for about 60% of its working population

iv) plantation agriculture= it is scale cultivation of a single cash crop on large farm for export. rubber'coffee,tea, spices ,coconut , fruit crops are grown

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

Climate, land relief, soil and vegetation are the main factors which influence agricultural activity.

Climate

The growth of plants depends on the temperature and humidity of the land and the amount of light it receives.

We can't practice agriculture in areas with extreme temperatures

below 0ºC

above 45ºC

We also cant grow plants in areas of severe drought.

Land relief

Farmers prefer to cultivate crops on flat land

plains

valley bottoms

It is harder to cultivate in mountainous areas:

machines can't be used for soil preparation or harvest

terraces must be cut into the hillside

low temperatures prevent cultivation in high altitudes

Livestock farming and forestry adapt better to mountainous terrain.

The relief will also affect the available water resources.

Soil

The soil is the result of the decomposition of bedrock. Soils are made up of a series of layers called horizons.

Soil provides the nutrients necessary for plants to grow.

The fertility of the soil depends on various factors:

Depth

Deeps soils have thick evolved layers

Found in valleys and plains

Fertile soils

Thin soils are made up of external layers

found on the slopes of mountains and high plateaus

Not very fertile

Texture (influences water retention)

Sand, silt, clay

Acidity or Alkalinity

The acidity of soils is measured by their pH.

The PH of pure water is 7 (neutral)

When a soil's pH value is lower than 7 it is acidic

When its pH value is higher than 7 is is basic or alkaline

Soils which are too acidic or alkaline are not very fertile