Different types of land use in the UK | Geography | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

What type of farming is this?
- arable ✓
- dairy
- sheep
Which type of farming is this?
- arable
- dairy ✓
- sheep
Match the three types of farming to their definitions.
- arable farming
  
  ⇔
  
  growing crops like wheat or vegetables ✓
- livestock farming
  
  ⇔
  
  raising animals like sheep and cows ✓
- mixed farming
  
  ⇔
  
  a mixture of arable and livestock ✓
Which part of the UK usually gets the most rainfall?
- west ✓
- east
- south
The ______ of the UK is usually the warmest.
- 'south' ✓
Select the factors that are best suited to arable framing.
- flat land ✓
- good soil ✓
- cooler weather
- hilly land
- warm weather ✓

What type of land use is this?
- residential ✓
- agricultural
- woodland
What type of land use is this?
- residential
- agricultural
- transport ✓
This image shows ______ land use.
- 'agricultural' ✓
Which of these would be called artificial surface land use?
- woodland
- roads ✓
- buildings ✓
- airports ✓
- moorland
______ is the main land use type in the UK.
- 'pasture' ✓
Which of these types of land use are not commonly found in the uplands of the UK?
- moorland and heathland
- arable ✓
- peat bogs

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Houses and gardens take up 5% or just 5 out of our 100 squares
Woods make up just 10% or one tenth, or ten of our hundred squares
27% or 27 squares out of the 100 are used for crops; half of this is fed to animals
More than a quarter of land in the UK - 27% or 27 out of the 100 squares - is used for pasture for livestock

Children may believe that all arable crops grown in the UK are required by humans for food.

Explain that 40% or 2/5 of the crops grown in the UK are used for animal feed.

Livestock - Livestock means the animals (but not birds) that are farmed.
Land use - Land use is the function or purpose of a particular area.
Habitat - Habitat is the natural home or environment of an animal, plant or other organism.
Wildlife - Wildlife refers to all living things that live in their natural habitat without human involvement.
Agriculture - Agriculture is the science and practice of cultivating soil and farming.