Starter quiz
- Where does your food start from?
- farms ✓
- supermarkets
- markets
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- Asia, Africa and Europe are examples of ...
- 'continents' ✓
- Farming is an example of an __________ activity, as it creates jobs and makes money.
- economic ✓
- energetic
- environmental
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- There are different __________ zones across the world, this means different crops can be grown.
- 1⇔C
- 2⇔L
- 3⇔I
- 4⇔M
- 5⇔A
- 6⇔T
- 7⇔E
- What climate is good for growing crops?
- warm temperatures ✓
- regular rainfall ✓
- winter snow
- short hours of daylight
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- Which of these shops are food retailers?
- Asda ✓
- M&S ✓
- local farm shop ✓
- your kitchen
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Exit quiz
- Match the key term to the correct definition
- processing⇔making changes to a food’s natural state ✓
- produce⇔the process of turning raw materials into food that can be eaten ✓
- distribute⇔delivering something out to where it is needed ✓
- Put these different stages of food production in the correct order
- 1⇔produce
- 2⇔process
- 3⇔distribute
- 4⇔consume
- Which of these are parts of food production?
- writing a shopping list
- growing crops ✓
- buying food from the supermarket ✓
- packaging food ✓
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- What percentage of food in the UK is wasted?
- 10% ✓
- 15%
- 25%
- 50%
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- Match the key word to the correct definition.
- retailer⇔People or businesses that sell goods ✓
- distribution⇔Delivering something out to where it is needed ✓
- commercial⇔It is made for the purpose of making money ✓
- What is usually used for the packaging of bread in supermarkets?
- plastic bags ✓
- paper bags
- tin cans
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Key learning points
- How food is produced, processed, distributed and consumed is complex but it all comes from plants and animals.
- Most food makes a journey from farms, where animals are reared and crops grown, to shops where people purchase it.
- Several different stages are involved in the commercial production of bread.
Common misconception
Learners’ understanding and previous experience of the geography of food may vary immensely.
Assess and build on learners’ existing knowledge and understanding. Make links to any previous learning in geography and other subjects.
Keywords
Food production - Food production is the process of turning raw materials into food that can be eaten
Processing - Processing means making changes to a food’s natural state. An example is cooking beans in a tomato sauce and preserving them in tins
Distributing - Distributing is delivering something out to where it is needed
Retailers - Retailers are people or businesses that sell goods
Commercially - If something is produced commercially it is made for the purpose of making money
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