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This term we are doing climate and agriculture where we have been looking at things like drought and stock we have gone out to the Smith's farm and were taught about many things we also went to a vineyard and to JR's Orchard.

We have to to a presentation on a point of climate and agriculture I have done the effects of droughts on stock. I am doing this on [|Scratch] as a movie rather than on a power point.

Also we watched some videos:

The Worlds Water Chrisis
The worlds water usage is divided into 3 70% agricultural use 20% industry use 10% domestic

The driest inhabated country in the world is Australia Way that water can be saved is pipes It takes 1.3million litres to make 1 tonne of aliminuim

Greenhouse warming
C02 is rising through burning of fossil fuels wind is made from hot air rising and cool air taking its place so if this is true then there will be a lot of wind 1/4 of C02 goes into the sea

Vinyard
Drought is good Grapes roots about 2 meters long They use wind machines to stop frost They put white underneath the grapes to bounce the sunlight up onto the underside for an even ripeness

Farm
Feed lucern because of better food value Clean water important Grass over 1 inch high promotes worms

Orchard
Huge storage Second largest generator in the wairarapa Sheep get the old ones that fall off early bad coloured ones are sorted by computer and are turned into juice