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

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

Habitat is the natural home or environment of an animal, plant or other organism.

Wildlife refers to all living things that live in their natural habitat without human involvement.

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

Different types of land use in the UK

Geography

UK human and physical features

Land use in the locality

Farming 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?

Which of these would be called artificial surface land use?

{{}} is the main land use type in the UK.

Which of these types of land use are not commonly found in the uplands of the UK?

Match the three types of farming to their definitions.

Which part of the UK usually gets the most rainfall?

The {{}} of the UK is usually the warmest.

Select the factors that are best suited to arable framing. 

Starter Quiz

What type of farming is this?