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KS3 Food & Nutrition- Where Food Comes From

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Food comes from plants and animals but what are these categories split into?

a)

Grown, reared and caught food

b)

Grown, caught and bought food

c)

Grown, reared and bought food

d)

Caught, grown and boght

2.

Potatoes are an example of a ............. food.

a)

Reared

b)

Caught

c)

Genetically modified

d)

Grown

3.

Reared foods are farmed in two ways. What are these called?

a)

Battery and conventional farming

b)

Free-range and free to roam

c)

Organic and free-range farming

d)

Factory and Free-Range farming

4.

Free-range farming means...

a)

Animals can roam free outside for a portion of the day

b)

Animals are free completely

c)

Animals are kept indoors

d)

Animals are kept in cages

5.

Belgian Blue, Hereford, Charolaise and Shorthorn are all breeds of which animal?

a)

Boar

b)

Pig

c)

Cow

d)

Chicken

6.

Lamb comes from which animal?

a)

Sheep

b)

Cow

c)

Pig

d)

Turkey

7.

The place where animals are slaughtered (killed) is known as an ....

a)

Aquarium

b)

Aviary

c)

Abbatoir

d)

Arbory

8.

Organic farming means is a type of farming that does not include the use of ...

a)

Chemicals

b)

Pesticides

c)

Herbicides

d)

All of the above

9.

Why is it important to cook food that is in season rather than not in season?

a)

It's cheaper

b)

It tastes better and is a higher quality

c)

It reduces food miles

d)

All of the above

10.

The British Lion Mark is a quality assurance system associated with which food?

a)

Eggs

b)

Meat

c)

Fish

d)

All of the above

11.

If you see this logo on a food product what does it stand for?

a)

Sustainable forests

b)

Sustainable fishing

c)

Reduced carbon footprint

d)

Farmed fish

12.

What is this logo called?

a)

Food Standards

b)

Red Tractor

c)

British Lion Mark

d)

Sustainable Fishing

13.

Why is it important to buy foods stamped with the British Lion mark?

a)

It shows you where the food is from

b)

It assures you that it's comes from an approved farm

c)

It tells you the use by date

d)

All of the above

14.

What is meant by the term 'food miles'?

a)

How far a food has travelled from its origin to the plate

b)

How far food has travelled from a supermarket

c)

How far wagons travel when transporting food

15.

What does this logo stand for?

a)

Carbon footprint

b)

Sustainability

c)

Recycled

d)

Reusable

16.

When chemicals such as pesticides and herbicides are used when growing food it is known as .................

a)

Organic farming

b)

Intensive farming

c)

Free-range farming

d)

Battery farming

17.

Organic farming has advantages, what are they?

a)

It's better for the environment

b)

It tastes better

c)

It's a higher quality

d)

All of the above

18.

Game such as pheasants and grouse are a type of .....

a)

Caught food

b)

Grown food

c)

Reared food

d)

Farmed food

19.

Wild boar is an example of a caught food. True or false?

a)

True

b)

False

20.

This photo represents which type of farming?

a)

Organic

b)

Intensive

c)

Free range

d)

Sustainable