2. Natural
Resources

3. Using
Resources

4. Caring
For Resources

5. Food
Production

6. Farms

7. Farm to
Table

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For Resources
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Farms
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9. What is a
natural resources?
Page 2-3

10. nature that people can use
Something found in
nature that people can use

11. How is a forest a
natural resources?
Page 2-3

12. A forest provides
lumber for building.

13. How is oil a
natural resource?
Page 2-3

14. People turn oil into gasoline for cars and diesel fuel for trucks.

15. Why is California’s Central Valley a good place for planting?
Page 2-3

16. rich soil. The days are not
It has lots of sunlight,
clean water and
rich soil. The days are not
too hot or cold.

17. Why is the Midwest (IOWA) a great place for corn growing?
Page 2-3

18. It provides many
hours of sunlight and
lots of water.

19. people use on the desert?
What resource do
people use on the desert?
Page 4-5

20. can be eaten like an apple.
The cactus fruit
can be eaten like an apple.
People can also make it
into a jelly or syrup.

21. How is sand a
natural resource?
Page 4-5

22. Sand melts into
a liquid that
turns into glass.

23. natural resource of cotton?
How do we use the
natural resource of cotton?
Page 4-5

24. We use the cotton
plant to make
our clothing.

25. the sun as a natural resources?
How do we use
the sun as a natural resources?
Page 4-5

26. Solar panels capture
sunlight and turns it
into electricity.

27. How is the mineral
copper an important
natural resource?
Page 4-5

28. Electrical wires
are made
with copper.

29. What is conservations?
Page 6-7

30. make them last longer is
Working to save
resources or to
make them last longer is
called conservations.

31. How can we conserve
fish in the ocean?
Page 6-7

32. about the number of fish you are allowed to catch.
Make rules and laws
about the number of fish
you are allowed to catch.

33. How can we
conserve food?
Page 6-7

34. You can make a
compost heap and
use it in your garden.

35. How can we
conserve on lumber?
Page 6-7

36. We can
recycle paper
products.

37. What is an example
of a resources that
is unlimited? Page 6-7

38. Wind is an unlimited resource because we’ll never run out of it.

39. How did people
long ago pickle foods?
Page 8-9

40. foods by putting them in vinegar or other acids to kill germs.
People pickled
foods by putting them in
vinegar or other acids to kill germs.

41. from long to today? Page 8-9
How has getting
fish and meat changed
from long to today? Page 8-9

42. In the past people hunted Today people buy fish and meat at stores.
and fished to get food.
Today people buy fish and meat at stores.

43. changed from long ago today?
How has saving food
changed from long ago today?
Page 8-9

44. Long ago people dried food Today food goes to a processing
in the sun and wind.
Today food goes to a processing
center and gets canned.

45. changed from long ago to today?
How has getting milk
changed from long ago to today?
Page 8-9

46. Long ago, farmers had their own
cow and stored the milk in a springhouse.
Today milk comes from a big farm
and comes from a processing center.

47. fruits and vegetables changed?
How has getting
fruits and vegetables changed?
Page 8-9

48. Native Americans gathered plant foods and grew crops.
Today we purchase our fruits and vegetables
at stores that traveled by
trains and trucks from far away.

49. will you see if you were a bird soaring above a farm?
What kinds of things
will you see if you were a
bird soaring above a farm?
Page 10-11

50. Cattle and sheet in pastures
A silo
Henhouse
Cow barn
Pigsty
Cattle and sheet in pastures
bugs

51. What are farms
of today like?
Page 14-15

52. Technology helps farmers in many ways. Farmers use machines to
plant and harvest crops.
Computers and satellites get
information about the fields.

53. In the past, most
farm work
was done
with __________ power.
Page 12-13

54. In the past, most
farm work
was done
with muscle power.
People, horses, mules
and oxen

55. How did families prevent locust
from destroying their crops in the past?
Pages 12-13

56. out to pick locusts off crops
Whole families went
out to pick locusts off crops
with their hands.

57. How does an
airplane help farmers
today? Pages 14-15

58. It flies over the crops for the farmer to monitor
how they are growing.
The plane contains devices that
measure how healthy the crops are.

59. heated and cooled again in step 3?
Why is the milk quickly
heated and cooled again in step 3?
Pages 16-17

60. To kill and germs

61. Why is the milk
tested at a processing
plant in step 2? Pages 16-17

62. To make sure
it’s safe to drink

63. What is a distributor?
Pages 16-17

64. a product from a processing
a person who brings
a product from a processing
plant to a market

65. important for food safety?
Why is refrigeration
important for food safety?
Pages 16-17

66. Refrigeration prevents
the food from spoiling.

67. What is a processing plant?
Pages 16-17

68. are washed, boxed, and stored
a place where foods
are washed, boxed, and stored