| A | B |
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| livestock | farm animals |
| crops | plants that can be grown to eat or sell |
| bar graph | answers the question "How many?" |
| Why are farms important? | They produce most of our food. |
| soil | the upper layer of earth where plants grow |
| weather | the way the air is at a certain time |
| climate | the way the weather is in one place over a long time |
| corn | grows best in a warm, rainy climate |
| temperature | how hot or cold the air is |
| thermometer | measures temperature |
| precipitation | all forms of water that fall to the earth |
| rain guage | used to measure precipitation |
| grains | seeds of grasses, such as wheat, rye, oats, and corn |
| wheat | used to make flour for bread, cake, muffins, noodles, cereals, animal feed, and many other foods |
| fall | when winter wheat is planted |
| spring or early summer | when winter wheat is harvested |
| snow | protects wheat from the cold |
| line graph | helps you see change over time |
| drill | used to plant wheat seeds |
| harvest | when the grain is picked |
| combine | a machine that picks grain |
| grain elevator | a place to store grains |
| rural areas | places with small communities and open land |
| conservation | saving natural resources |
| terraces | rows of earth ridges, or raised strips of soil, that hold the land in place |
| service | work that helps people, such as work a firefighter does to prevent and put out fires |
