Using Our Resources

What are some ways people use water?

• cook, clean, drink

• build walls and make books

• fuel for cars and to create pens and markers

What are ways people use land?

• electricity and for oxygen

• food and use trees to build stuff

• to play with and to make phone calls

Why was the climate important to pioneer farmers?

• It was important for the farm animals

• It helped them decide which crops to plant

• It was important or the holidays

• It was important for the farmhouse

Name two main things that can ruin a farmer's crop?

• electricity and horses

• coyotes and birds

• oxygen and carbon dioxide

• insects and weather

Name two tools farmers use today?

• oxen plow and knife

• disc and cultivator

• food masher and butter churn

• water well and wooden plow

Name two ways that new technology helps farmers know what the weather will be like?

• It will help farmers know what kind of weather is coming and know the best time to plant and harvest crops.

• It will help farmers know what bugs to look for and how to get rid of the smell of plants.

• It will help farmers know how much electricity to get and how many cows to milk

Who helped migrant farm workers because he though they were treated unfairly?

• President Obama

• Malcolm X

• Cesar Chavez

• Lisa Leslie

Where is food changed from raw materials into food products?

• distributor

• market

• farm

• processing plant

After the food is processed at the processing plant, where does it go next?

• distributor

• farm

• processing plant

• homes

Where does the food end up after it goes to the market?

• distributor

• processing plant

• homes

• farms