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Different types of land use in the UK

I can describe different types of land use in the UK.

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Year 3

Different types of land use in the UK

I can describe different types of land use in the UK.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Houses and gardens take up 5% or just 5 out of our 100 squares
  2. Woods make up just 10% or one tenth, or ten of our hundred squares
  3. 27% or 27 squares out of the 100 are used for crops; half of this is fed to animals
  4. More than a quarter of land in the UK - 27% or 27 out of the 100 squares - is used for pasture for livestock

Keywords

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

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

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

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

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

Common misconception

Children may believe that all arable crops grown in the UK are required by humans for food.

Explain that 40% or 2/5 of the crops grown in the UK are used for animal feed.

There is a wonderful video created by Friends of the Earth and Dan Raven- Ellison called 'The UK in 100 seconds'. This is an excellent visual representation of how the land in the UK is used with each second of footage representing 1% of land use.
Teacher tip

Equipment

100 cubes or counters

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Lesson video

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6 Questions

Q1.
What type of farming is this?
An image in a quiz
Correct answer: arable
dairy
sheep
Q2.
Which type of farming is this?
An image in a quiz
arable
Correct answer: dairy
sheep
Q3.
Match the three types of farming to their definitions.
Correct Answer:arable farming,growing crops like wheat or vegetables

growing crops like wheat or vegetables

Correct Answer:livestock farming,raising animals like sheep and cows

raising animals like sheep and cows

Correct Answer:mixed farming,a mixture of arable and livestock

a mixture of arable and livestock

Q4.
Which part of the UK usually gets the most rainfall?
Correct answer: west
east
south
Q5.
The of the UK is usually the warmest.
Correct Answer: south, southern areas, South
Q6.
Select the factors that are best suited to arable framing.
Correct answer: flat land
Correct answer: good soil
cooler weather
hilly land
Correct answer: warm weather

6 Questions

Q1.
What type of land use is this?
An image in a quiz
Correct answer: residential
agricultural
woodland
Q2.
What type of land use is this?
An image in a quiz
residential
agricultural
Correct answer: transport
Q3.
This image shows land use.
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: agricultural, farming, Agricultural, agriculture, farm
Q4.
Which of these would be called artificial surface land use?
woodland
Correct answer: roads
Correct answer: buildings
Correct answer: airports
moorland
Q5.
is the main land use type in the UK.
Correct Answer: pasture, Pasture, pasture and arable, agriculture
Q6.
Which of these types of land use are not commonly found in the uplands of the UK?
moorland and heathland
Correct answer: arable
peat bogs
Q2 Tobias Rehbein/Pixabay