Fruits and Veggies - Free Educational Games & Activities for Kids (original) (raw)

Fruits and vegetables provide important vitamins and minerals that humans need to grow up healthy. There are many varieties of fruits and vegetables available year-round. A diet high in fruits and vegetables can help protect you against many diseases, including cancer and heart disease. The food pyramid reccommends that Americans eat more fruits and vegetables than any other product.

Agriculture is another word for farming. Agriculture includes harvesting crops and raising animals for livestock. Agriculture provides the food and raw materials that we need to survive. Agriculture is the heart of our daily life and vital to the economy and to our community. Farming cannot exist without farmers producing high-quality safe foods for us to eat.

The variety within and between all species of plants, animals and microorganisms and the ecosystems where they live and interact is biodiversity. The diversity of species is not evenly distributed throughout the planet because life depends on factors like temperature, altitude, and the presence of other species. We can prove this because tropical regions support more life than polar regions. Biodiversity is important to sustaining life on earth because it prevents anyone species from throwing the balance of nature out of order. Humans affect biodiversity through habitat destruction, overkill, introduced species and overpopulation affecting lifespan. How do humans affect biodiversity? Humans affect biodiversity through habitat destruction, overkill, introduced species and overpopulation.

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