Agriculture: Growing Food, Fiber, and Resources

What is the significance of cross-breeding in agriculture?

• Cross-breeding helps create new plants and animals in agriculture.
• Cross-breeding is a method used to grow fiber crops.
• Cross-breeding is the process of a seed sprouting and growing into a plant.
• Cross-breeding helps crops thrive in various climates.

What are the three main components of agriculture?

• Food, clothing materials (fiber), and natural resources
• Plants, animals, and minerals
• Crops, livestock, and machinery
• Seeds, soil, and water

What were hunter-gatherers known for?

• Relying on hunting, fishing, and gathering for food
• Domesticating animals for agriculture
• Growing crops such as wheat, barley, peas, corn, and canola
• Creating hybrid plants through cross-breeding

What is the significance of domesticating animals in agriculture?

• Domesticating animals helps create new plants and animals in agriculture.
• Domesticating animals is a method used to grow fiber crops.
• Domesticating animals is the process of a seed sprouting and growing into a plant.
• Domesticating animals helps crops thrive in various climates.

What is one specific important detail mentioned about natural resources?

• Natural resources are materials from nature that we use to make things we need.
• Natural resources help create new plants and animals in agriculture.
• Natural resources are used to make fabric and clothing.
• Natural resources help crops thrive in various climates.

What is the significance of germination in agriculture?

• Germination helps create new plants and animals in agriculture.
• Germination is a method used to grow fiber crops.
• Germination is the process of a seed sprouting and growing into a plant.
• Germination helps crops thrive in various climates.

why is agriculture important?

• Agriculture helps us have enough food and things we need.
• Agriculture helps us take care of the Earth's natural resources.
• Agriculture helps us make fabric and paper.

How did people get their food in the past?

• By hunting, gathering, and fishing.
• By growing crops and raising animals.
• By buying food from the market.

What are heirloom plants?

• Old kinds of plants that people are growing again.
• Different kinds of seeds that can be planted to grow crops better in different places.
• Crops that farmers grow to make fabric and paper.

Why are seed varieties important in agriculture?

• They can be planted to grow crops better in different places.
• They help us take care of the Earth's natural resources.
• They are old kinds of plants that people are growing again.