Gooru - Plant Life - Geography of Agriculture V3

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The Geography of Agriculture

Preminda Langer Preminda Langer


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Cl ick on link Goog le earth simu lation to p lay the video

Google earth simulation.kmz


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L ets think!C an you guess whichmountain range this is?

Annapurna


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L ets think!W hy do you think The Himalayas are theAnnapurna, the givers of food to India?

The Himalayas


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True giver of , food is theEarth

Rotate the earth.kmz

Cl ick on link Rotate the earth to p lay the video

Google Earthsimulation


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Q uestions submitted by studentsW hat are examp les of the differenttypes of geographies in which crops

are grown?

W hy is crop rotation important?

W here did the different types of crops originate?


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ocabulary

F loodp lainRiver BasinRiver systemsBread basketGreat p lains


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Q uestions submitted by students

What are examples of the differenttypes of geographies in which crops

are grown?


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F lood plain


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F loodPlain

River Basin


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S ome of the famous RIVER BA S INS are:The Nile River The VolgaThe Missouri and MississippiThe Yangtze

CAN YOU IDENTI F Y THECONTINENT S THEY BE L ONG TO?

L ets think!


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhEr4JyvucM

Play time (with sound): 00:15 sec till 49 secs


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The Plains

T he p lains have a lways been the breadbaskets of our p lanet and her peop le.


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TheGreatPlains


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The Great Plains: WOW

D id you knowthat manymi llennia agothe Saharadesert wascovered withvegetation?


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The Great Plains: WOW

T he T har D esert was once ferti le andirrigated by the extinct River Saraswati.


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The

GreatPlainsvideo

P lay time: 00:20 sec ti ll 55 secshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toYkHbBR1Cc&feature=fvw


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L ets thinkW hy is the Amazon River Basin

not a bread basket?


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L et us take you on aJourney of F ood

There are certain fooditems that originated in a

certain area, but now arefound all over the world.


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L ets think

W hich food travelled our Earth by sea, long before

humans walked the planet?


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Journey of F oodW hat treesare these?

W heredid theyoriginate?


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Journey Of F oods


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Lets think

Besides potatoes,which other food came

to us from South America? A. Pepper B. C

offeeC . C hoco lateD . Tomato


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S TAT S NF ACT SS TAT S NF ACT S


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W ool :W hich

countryproducesthe mostwool?

STAT

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P lay time: fu ll video (with sound mute)

Sheep

shearingvideo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eR2cIpNh7Y&feature=related


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Dairy:W hich countryhas the mostpisciculture ?

STAT

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FACT

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FACT

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W hat came before , thechicken or the egg?

L ets Think!


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Can you read out that number?


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Chicken headcount in 2004

100

101

China 8,860,000,000


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Poultryfarmingvideo

P lay time: 00:20 to 00:40 sec ti ll end (with sound mute)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DghMDEGIxe0&feature=related


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Does any body farm insects?

S ericulture

L ets Think!

P lay time: 00:00 ti ll end (with sound mute)

http://vimeo.com/6912365 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmDcVZ7Iugw

P lay time: 00:00 ti ll end (with sound mute)


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P lay time: F u ll video (with sound )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwp1lY2OlK0

Q uestions submitted by students


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