Farming in Jamaica
I can name some crops grown in Jamaica and the UK and can think of questions I could ask a farmer in Jamaica.
Farming in Jamaica
I can name some crops grown in Jamaica and the UK and can think of questions I could ask a farmer in Jamaica.
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Key learning points
- Different crops are suited to different climates.
- Questions are a useful way to learn more about farming in Jamaica.
- We are connected to different countries by the food we eat.
- Bananas, sugar, yams, peppers, tomatoes and peas all grow in Jamaica.
Keywords
Crops - A crop is a plant that is grown in large quantities.
Climate - Climate is an average of weather conditions (e.g. rain, sun, wind) in a place taken over a long period of time (usually 30 years or more).
Equator - The Equator is an imaginary line encircling Earth at 0° latitude and is an equal distance from the North Pole and the South Pole.
Plantation - A plantation is an area of land on which one kind of crop is grown, e.g. trees for wood.
Common misconception
We grow all the food we eat in the UK.
We import lots of the food we eat. Bananas, for example, can be imported from Jamaica.
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Starter quiz
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the day-to-day condition of the atmosphere
Climate is an average of weather conditions over more than 30 years
four times of year that have different weather
Exit quiz
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