Farming is the growing and harvesting of crops or rearing animals for food or raw materials.

A farmer is a person who grows and harvests crops or rears animals for food or raw materials.

Livestock means the animals (but not birds) that are farmed.

Agriculture is the science and practice of cultivating soil and farming.

Land use is the function or purpose of a particular area.

Farming in the UK

Geography

UK human and physical features

Land use in the locality

Different types of land use in the UK

Using grid references to identify land use

Changing land use

The idea of land use is developed in more depth in 'Settlements: Where do people live and why?' where pupils will look at settlement patterns and make links between human and physical landscapes.

This unit builds on 'Local area: Why is (our place) special?' and other previous locality studies to develop pupils' ideas of features and the patterns of land use in the local area, and more widely in the UK, consolidating and developing what was learnt about the UK in 'The UK: What kind of place is is?'.

This unit explores how land is used in the local area and across the UK. Pupils investigate human and physical features, farming, land use types and change, using aerial photos, maps and grid references to describe and compare landscapes.

Land use: how diverse are local and UK landscapes?

more than two thirds of the land in England

How much of the land in England is used for agriculture?

Match the types of farming with their definitions.

The lowest rainfall is recorded in the {{}} of the UK.

True or false? Higher areas usually have poorer quality soil.

Poorer soils and colder conditions in hilly areas are often best suited to {{}} farming.

Which two of the following are physical features?

it tells us what different lines and symbols on the map mean

Farming in the UK

Lesson outcome