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  • What is the difference between agriculture and livestock farming?
    Agriculture- cultivating the land in order to obtain plants for food, Livestock-rearing animals for human uses
  • What type of resource is used to heat water, provide heating, & produce electricity?
    Geothermal
  • What is a problem of solar energy?
    Irregular (daily & annual) energy supply and the challenge of storing it
  • What are 3 types of tourism?
    Waterside, Mountain, Rural
  • What is the decomposition of animals and plants buried in a watery environment millions of years ago?
    Crude Oil
  • List 3 alternative energy sources
    Wind, Solar, Biomass, geothermal, wave, nuclear fusion
  • What are the 6 most important tertiary sector activities?
    Transport, communications, trade, tourism, health care & education
  • When do we use the term agrarian space?
    To refer to land where agrarian activities are undertaken
  • In underdeveloped countries, how much of the population works in the agrarian activities?
    50%
  • What is the substance called thats origin is the decomposition of plant remains buried underground for millions years?
    Coal
  • What sector comprises economic activities devoted to obtaining resources directly from nature?
    Primary Sector
  • What type of agrarian activity is involved with woodland?
    silviculture
  • What is the definition of transport?
    The activity that moves people & merchandise between 2 or more places