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Where Food Comes From

Design & Technology · Food & Cooking · ages 5-8
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. Fish fingers start as fish. How do we get fish?

    • Grown
    • Caught
    • Reared

  2. Bread starts as wheat. Is wheat grown, reared, or caught?

    • Grown
    • Reared
    • Caught

  3. Milk comes from cows.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. Which fruit is ripe and picked in summer?

    • Strawberries
    • Pumpkins
    • Oranges

  5. Which order is right for milk's journey to the shop?

    • Bottle, cow, dairy, shop
    • Shop, bottle, dairy, cow
    • Cow, dairy, bottle, shop

  6. Milk goes from cow to dairy to bottle to shop. How many steps is that?

    CowDairyBottleShop

    Answer: ______________

  7. It is winter. Would fresh strawberries be easy to find at a local farm?

    • Yes, all fruit grows all year
    • Yes, they grow best in winter
    • No, they are out of season

  8. Leo says fish fingers are grown in a field, like wheat. What is wrong?

    • Fish fingers are reared, not caught
    • Fish are caught, not grown
    • Nothing is wrong
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  1. Caught · Fishers catch fish in the sea or a river.
  2. Grown · Wheat is a plant. Plants are grown in fields.
  3. True · Cows make milk on a farm.
  4. Strawberries · Strawberries grow and taste best in the warm summer months.
  5. Cow, dairy, bottle, shop · Milk goes from the cow, to the dairy, into a bottle, then to the shop.
  6. 4 · Cow, dairy, bottle, shop. That is four steps in the journey.
  7. No, they are out of season · Strawberries are in season in summer, so winter ones are harder to find fresh from a farm.
  8. Fish are caught, not grown · Fish live in water and are caught. They are not grown like wheat.
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