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Vocabulary
Resources
Agriculture
Dictionary Skills
Miscellaneous
100
The business of growing crops and raising animals
What is agriculture?
100
The most important natural resource in the Interior Plains.
What is soil?
100
The use of ditches or pipes to bring water to fields.
What is irrigation?
100
These words appear at the top of each page of the dictionary.
What are guide words?
100
Water is considered this kind of resource because it can be renewed or replaced.
What is renewable resource?
200
The surroundings in which people, animals and plants live
What is environment?
200
Soil that is especially good for growing crops.
What is fertile?
200
The number of days in a year when the weather is warm enough for crops to grow.
What is the growing season?
200
What word would I find in these set of guide words: STAND / SUMMER a. swim b. study c. sit d. Sunday
What is study?
200
The reason the number of farms decreased, but the size of the farms grew.
What is because larger companies bought many smaller family farms?
300
This turns crops and animal products into the foods you find in boxes, bags, bottle and jars in the store.
What is food processing?
300
We use this natural resource to make heat and energy. Oil, coal and natural gas are all examples of this.
What is fuel?
300
Soil, water, people and good climate
What are the four important ingredients for successful farming or agriculture?
300
What word would I find between this set of guide words? FEW / FUNNEL a. fan b. fellow c. fur d. fuel
What is fuel?
300
The number of people in an area.
What is population?
400
The animals kept on the farm are referred to as this.
What is livestock?
400
These natural resources are found in the ground. Gravel, clay, iron ore and salt are examples.
What are minerals?
400
A layer of rock or gravel that traps water underground.
What is an aquifer?
400
What word would I find between this set of guide words? CHAMELEON / CHANGE a. chance b. chore c. children d. charge
What is chance?
400
Turning off the water when you brush your teeth is an example of _____?
What is conservation?
500
Being careful to protect our natural resources is referred to as this.
What is conservation.
500
Natural resources that cannot be renewed or replaced.
What are nonrenewable resources?
500
The number of family farms decreased from 1950 to 2000 because of this.
What is large companies bought up smaller family farms?
500
What word would I find between this set of guide words? BOOK / BUNT a. belt b. butter c. broke d. base
What is broke?
500
Besides soil, water and climate, this is Ohio's most important resource.
What is people?