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This passage educates children about the potential impacts of climate change on food production. It explains how changing weather patterns, including extreme heat, drought, or excessive rainfall, can affect crop growth. The text also mentions how warming oceans might reduce fish populations. By highlighting how these changes could lead to less food availability, the passage helps children understand the connection between climate and food security. It concludes by noting that farmers might need to adapt their practices, introducing the concept of climate resilience in agriculture.
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"DRAINING OF MARSH LEAVES FLOOR OF DRY, CRACKED MUD - NARA - 544180" by John Messina / Wikimedia Commons.
Climate change can make growing food harder. Some places might get too hot or dry for certain crops. Other areas might get too much rain, which can damage plants. Unusual weather like early frosts or long droughts can hurt farmers' crops. Some fruits and vegetables might not grow as well. Fish populations could shrink if oceans get too warm. All of this could mean less food for people. Farmers might need to change what they grow or how they grow it.
What might happen to some places where food is grown?
They might get too hot or dryThey might turn into junglesThey might become perfect for all cropsThey might disappear completely
How can too much rain affect crops?
It makes them grow fasterIt can damage plantsIt turns all plants into treesIt makes the food taste better
What could happen to fish populations?
They could grow largerThey could move to landThey could shrink if oceans get too warmThey could learn to live in very cold water
What might farmers need to do because of climate change?
Stop farming completelyOnly grow underwater plantsChange what or how they grow cropsMove all farms to the North Pole
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