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Geography: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Farming and Food (Questions)

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Where does your food come from? What are its sources? Fish are caught by fishing boats in the sea. But nearly all the rest of your food comes from farms. Some is from animals that are grown for meat. Other animals make milk for us to drink. A lot of your food comes from vegetables and cereals that are grown on the land. This little quiz helps you to find out a bit more about where our food comes from.

We get some of our food from sea fishing and most from farms. Can you think of any other food sources?

Sheep and cows eat _____ on farms.

[ ]	Soil
[ ]	Grass
[ ]	Fertilizer
[ ]	Sausages

What is used to catch fish in the sea?

[ ]	Car
[ ]	Train
[ ]	Plane
[ ]	Fishing boat

What drink do we get from cows?

[ ]	Orange juice
[ ]	Water
[ ]	Milk
[ ]	Cola

Mr Smith has a farm. The land on the farm is split up into ______.

[ ]	Fields
[ ]	Depots
[ ]	Gardens
[ ]	Lawns

Mr Smith grows potatoes, carrots and cabbage. These are all __________.

[ ]	Cereals
[ ]	Dairy products
[ ]	Vegetables
[ ]	Fruit

Oranges need a lot of warmth and sunshine to grow. They only grow in hot, sunny countries.

Which one of these other fruits can only grow in hot, sunny countries?

[ ]	Bananas
[ ]	Apples
[ ]	Raspberries
[ ]	Blackberries

Mr Smith grows potatoes on his farm. What do potatoes need to grow?

[ ]	Cold and rain
[ ]	Water and sunshine
[ ]	Mist and fog
[ ]	Water and lemonade

Mr Smith grows salad crops on his farm. Which one of these is a salad crop?

[ ]	Pigs
[ ]	Wheat
[ ]	Oats
[ ]	Lettuce

Mr Smith plows the fields. He uses a _______ to pull the plow.

[ ]	Car
[ ]	Motorbike
[ ]	Van
[ ]	Tractor

10.

Sam’s Mom buys some broccoli at the supermarket. Where has the broccoli come from?

[ ]	A factory
[ ]	An office
[ ]	A farm
[ ]	The sea

Geography: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Farming and Food (Answers)

Sheep and cows eat _____ on farms.

[ ]	Soil
[x]	Grass
[ ]	Fertilizer
[ ]	Sausages

Grass is made into hay and silage for sheep and cows to eat. They also eat cereals - but not your breakfast cornflakes!

What is used to catch fish in the sea?

[ ]	Car
[ ]	Train
[ ]	Plane
[x]	Fishing boat

What do fishing boats look like?

What drink do we get from cows?

[ ]	Orange juice
[ ]	Water
[x]	Milk
[ ]	Cola

Milk is also used to make butter, cheese and yogurt

Mr Smith has a farm. The land on the farm is split up into ______.

[x]	Fields
[ ]	Depots
[ ]	Gardens
[ ]	Lawns

A lot of fields have hedges round them

Mr Smith grows potatoes, carrots and cabbage. These are all __________.

[ ]	Cereals
[ ]	Dairy products
[x]	Vegetables
[ ]	Fruit

Can you think of three other types of vegetable?

Oranges need a lot of warmth and sunshine to grow. They only grow in hot, sunny countries.

Which one of these other fruits can only grow in hot, sunny countries?

[x]	Bananas
[ ]	Apples
[ ]	Raspberries
[ ]	Blackberries

What is your favorite type of fruit?

Mr Smith grows potatoes on his farm. What do potatoes need to grow?

[ ]	Cold and rain
[x]	Water and sunshine
[ ]	Mist and fog
[ ]	Water and lemonade

Potatoes don’t like the cold

Mr Smith grows salad crops on his farm. Which one of these is a salad crop?

[ ]	Pigs
[ ]	Wheat
[ ]	Oats
[x]	Lettuce

A lot of lettuces are grown in big greenhouses

Mr Smith plows the fields. He uses a _______ to pull the plow.

[ ]	Car
[ ]	Motorbike
[ ]	Van
[x]	Tractor

In the past, horses were used to pull plows

10.

Sam’s Mom buys some broccoli at the supermarket. Where has the broccoli come from?

[ ]	A factory
[ ]	An office
[x]	A farm
[ ]	The sea

Do you like eating broccoli?