Key learning points

1. Many food crops can only be grown in places with the right climatic conditions
2. Some food crops grown in the UK are only ‘in season’ for part of the year because of the UK’s temperate climate
3. Seasonal differences between the northern and southern hemispheres mean that some crops are imported out of season
4. Atlases can be used to investigate the location and climate zones of the place of origin of imported food crops

Keywords

• Imported - Goods that are imported are brought in from another country

• Climate - Climate is an average of weather conditions (e.g. rain, sun, wind) in a place taken over a long period of time (usually 30 years or more)

• Harvested - When a crop is harvested it is picked, cut or gathered ready for use

• Out of season - Out of season means the time of year when a food is not naturally ready for harvesting

• Hemisphere - A hemisphere is half of Earth, usually divided into the Northern or Southern Hemisphere by the Equator, or Eastern and Western hemispheres by a line that runs through the poles

Common misconception