question_answer 9)

 Distinguish between the followings. (i) Primary activities and tertiary activities (ii) Subsistence farming and intensive farming.    

Answer:

(i) Difference between primary activites and tertiary activities.  

S. No.	Primary activities	Tertiary activities
1.	It is those activites which are connected with extraction and production of natural resources.	It is those activities which provide support and service to primary and secondary activities.
2.	It includes agriculture fishing and food gathering.	It includes service sectors like transport, banking trades and insurance etc.
3.	Upto now it is providing more and more employment opportunities.	In comparison to the primary activities it provides or less percentage of job opportunities.

  (ii) Difference between Subsistence farming and intensive fanning  

S. No.	Subsistence farming	Intensive/arming
1.	This type farming is done to fulfil demands of the family members. Production is limited. Old tools are used. It is found in poor countries.	This type of farming is done on a small farm using simple tools and more labour. It is found in thickly populated areas of India and China.
2.	It depends upon monsoon and the fertility of the soil.	In this type of farming irrigation is used.
3.	Since it is a 'slash and bum' and bum agriculture the farm land is left for a period of time to again its fertility.	This type of farming is done continually year after year to feed the growing polulation.