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WorksheetsResources: Food
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 7mins
Food miles refers to
How many miles you need to run to burn off calories
How far food has traveled to be sold
How man miles you can run from the energy food provides
All of the above
Where do we start calculating a food products carbon footprint?
Where it is produced
When it is harvested
Transporting food to the factory
Transporting food to the supermarket
How can we reduce food miles? (Select three correct options)
Buy local products
Grow our own products
Eat less food
Buy food in bulk
Fuel used by planes and ships pollutes the atmosphere?
True
False
What can we do when buying products to reduce food miles? (Select three correct answers)
Buy foods when they are in season only
Check labels and buy local products
Shop at farmer markets
Buy all food from one foreign country
Why are food miles a problem?
It takes advantage of poor countries
The food can go off when transported
Foreign foods taste funny
Fuels from transporting the foods effects the environment (Global warming)
What are the negative impacts of increasing food miles?
We can get cheaper food from abroad
It increases our carbon footprint (more CO2 released into the atmosphere)
It increases the amount of pollution from transport (plane, ship, cars)
It provides jobs in transport
What does it mean if you import food?
You sell foods to other countries (food leaves the country)
You buy foods from other countries (food comes into the country)
Does the UK import much food from other countries?
Yes - more than 50% of fruit and veg
No - less than 50% of fruit and veg
Why does the UK have to import so much fruit and veg?
There is no farmland in the UK
Growing population creates a high demand for food
We don't have enough farming technology in the UK
The UK doesn't have a tropical climate to grow tropical foods
What does seasonality mean in relation to food.
You can grow foods all year round in all seasons
Some foods can only be grown in certain seasons, linked to the climate
There are 4 seasons in every country
What are the advantages of importing food from LIC's? (low income countries)
It's cheaper due to low labor costs
Pests and diseases might be brought into a country
Deforestation of tropical rainforests to make room for farming
You can get out of season foods, e.g strawberries in winter.
