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WorksheetsFood Security Quiz
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 1hrs 17mins
Look at the pictures. What one of these types of food is a want, rather than a need.
How much food is wasted in the world every year?
None.
Barely any.
A third of it.
Half of it.
What are the four things that are needed to grow food?
Land, oxygen, hay and animals.
Land, water, sunlight and tractors.
Land, water, effort and energy.
Land, water, boats and planes.
Which of these foods or drinks would have a use-by date?
Which of these foods or drinks would have a best before date?
If we try to avoid food waste, what can we do with leftover fruit?
Throw it away.
Make a smoothie with it.
Put it into a compost heap.
Bread is a type of food that only comes from plants.
True
False
What is a food mile?
The distance that your have to travel to get the the shop.
The distance your food travels to get from where it is made to get to you.
How fast your food travels to get to you.
What happens when we don't shop locally?
Small shops in the town lose money and close.
The supermarkets give us some money back to say thanks.
Nothing happens.
We just open some new shops.
What is a preservative?
Something that is used to keep food cold.
Something that is used to make all food look the same.
Something that is used to keep food fresh.
What food shown here is classed as 'perishable'?
Which of these items are classed as non-perishable?
Where is Honduras?
Next to India.
South of Mexico.
Along from France.
North of Scotland.
What language do people speak in Honduras?
English.
French.
German.
Spanish.
How do we know Maria's family is poor?
The book does not mention this.
They have to grow their own food.
They are not poor.
Their house has a mud floor.
Why is it easy to get food in Scotland?
Scotland is not involved in any wars.
It is actually hard to get food in Scotland.
It rains a lot, so we can grow food.
Our economy has lots of money for things like shops.
Why is it hard to get food in Honduras?
Climate change has made the hot weather even hotter.
The soil has lost it's goodness and nothing will grow.
There is a war going on.
Maria tells us that it is easy for her family to get food.
How many litres of water does it take to make a loaf of bread?
100
1,000
10,000
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