Paper 1 Geography

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    • Wind turbines generate electricity by harnessing the power of moving air to turn blades that drive an electric generator.
    • Wind turbines generate electricity from moving air.
    • Renewables have the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by replacing fossil fuels.
    • Subsistence agriculture is a self-sufficiency farming system in which the farmers focus on growing enough food to feed themselves and their families.
    • Intensive agriculture refers to a type of farming that involves high inputs of labor, capital, or heavy usage of technologies and agrochemicals.
    • The main types of renewable energy are wind, solar, hydroelectricity, geothermal, tidal, wave, biomass, and biofuels.
    • Shifting agriculture, also known as slash-and-burn agriculture, involves clearing land by cutting and burning vegetation before planting crops.
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