Learning Target: Plants in Human Culture (Part I) I Can… Explain some of the important ways in which humans rely on plants. I Will… • List various Earth cycles in which plants play an important role • Define the term agriculture • Describe how agriculture has impacted human societal evolution • Contrast agriculture with
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Learning Target: Plants in Human Culture (Part I) I Can… Explain some of the important ways in which humans rely on plants. I Will… List various Earth.
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Learning Target: Plants in Human Culture(Part I)
I Can… Explain some of the important ways in which humans rely on plants.
I Will… • List various Earth cycles in which plants
play an important role• Define the term agriculture• Describe how agriculture has impacted
human societal evolution• Contrast agriculture with ethnobotany
Plants in Human Culture
KEY CONCEPTS: Humans rely on plants in many ways:• Agriculture provides stable food supplies
for people in permanent settlements• Plant products are important economic
resources involved in local and world trade
• Plants compound are essential to modern medicine
• Plants play a role in Earth cycles
Plants in Human Culture
Plants are components of:• Water Cycle• Carbon Cycle• Nitrogen Cycle
Plants in Human Culture
Plants Facts:• > 350,000 plant species used for food• < 20 plant species provide more than
90% of world’s food supply
Ethnobotany – study of how people in different cultures use plants
Agriculture – growing of plants and raising of animals for human use
Plants in Human Culture
Agriculture:• 11,000 years ago• Fertile plains of Middle East
Hunter/Gathering v. Agriculture:• Allowed for stable societies/cultures• Sharing of ideas• Development of written language