PEAT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Raised bogs - ANSWER Is an area of peat with a dome shape and an average
depth of 8-12 metres which has formed in old lakes after the Ice age.
Blanket bogs - ANSWER Is an area of peat with an average depth of 2 metres
found in mountainous areas especially the West of Ireland where there is heavy
rainfall.
Extractive industry - ANSWER The taking of natural resources from the earth.
Eg. Turf harvesting.
Sléan - ANSWER A type of spade used for traditionally cutting turf.
Bord na móna - ANSWER A semi state company responsible for using our peat
resources.
Ditcher - ANSWER A machine used for draining bogs.
Grader - ANSWER Is used to flatten/level the bog surface.
Miller - ANSWER Is a machine used to scrape a thin layer of peat off the bog
surface.
Raised bogs - ANSWER Is an area of peat with a dome shape and an average
depth of 8-12 metres which has formed in old lakes after the Ice age.
Blanket bogs - ANSWER Is an area of peat with an average depth of 2 metres
found in mountainous areas especially the West of Ireland where there is heavy
rainfall.
Extractive industry - ANSWER The taking of natural resources from the earth.
Eg. Turf harvesting.
Sléan - ANSWER A type of spade used for traditionally cutting turf.
Bord na móna - ANSWER A semi state company responsible for using our peat
resources.
Ditcher - ANSWER A machine used for draining bogs.
Grader - ANSWER Is used to flatten/level the bog surface.
Miller - ANSWER Is a machine used to scrape a thin layer of peat off the bog
surface.
