5 SS GEO GR4 Food and Farming in South Africa Practice Sheets T3

Exercise 1: 2.
Use the mind map to list: (8)

1. Underline the correct word: (8)  Two examples of cereal crops
 People who plant crops for themselves and their families, is called  Three different groups of fruit
 Two root crops
(subsistence- / commercial) farmers.  A cash crop that you cannot eat or drink
 Different crops grows well in different types of (climates / Cereals Fruit groups Root crops Cash crops
settlements) 1. 1. 1. 1.
 Hot, wet places are the best for growing (deciduous / tropical) fruits. 2. 2. 2.
 ‘An example of a citrus fruit is a (lemon / litchi). 3.
 Milk is produced on a (dairy / beef) farm.

 (Rain / hail) can be a big problem for farmers who grow peaches or
pears.
 One way of processing an egg is to (boil / sell) it.
 Potato chips are an example of a (processed / unprocessed) food.
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3. Choose one of these processed foods. Exercise 2:
 Explain: 1. What is a food collector? (2)
i. What it is (1) .
ii. How it is processed (2)
iii. Where people can go to get this food (1)

2. Name two places you can get fruit from. (2)
3. Choose a word(s) from the below list to complete each

sentence. (5)
Subsistence farmers | commercial farmers | cash crops | livestock | money
4. Follow the journey from wheat to bread. Write these points in the
correct order: (5)
a. farm as a business to make .
 Make flour from the wheat grains.
 Grow the seeds into plants. b. farm to feed themselves.
 Harvest the wheat grains. c. Animals that are kept by farmers, are called .
 Mix the flour to make dough.
d. are crops that people grow to sell.
 Let the wheat grains get ripe.
a. Plant the wheat seeds
4. Complete the missing information in the table below (6)
b. .
Give one example of Give one province where
c. . this type of fruit this type of fruit grows
d. . Tropical fruit
e. . Deciduous fruit
f. . Citrus fruit
g. Bake the dough to make bread Total: 25
5. List four products we get from ostriches. (4) 9. Look at the photos below:
6. List two types of meat we get from sheep. (2)

1 2 3 4
a. Write down for each picture, if the food type that is shown, is
processed or unprocessed. (4)
7. What product besides meat do we get from pigs? (1)
8. Use the map to complete the table. (12)

Province Two types of A type of crop that A crop that is grown
livestock they farm gets grown here here
with here b. Give the name of one processed food type that we get from the
Western Cape following: (4)
Limpopo Crop Processed food type
KwaZulu-Natal Sunflowers
Wheat
Mealies
Potatoes
10. Choose the correct words to complete each sentence. Exercise 3:
Combine harvester | bakery | flour | plough | yeast | sandwich | wheat | mill 1. Read the sentences below and answer the questions.
a. Before planting, the farmer would the land. Siya lives in a small town by the sea, far from shops. Bertie stays in a
small flat in a big city.
b. The is harvested by a special
a. Where, do you think, does Siya get meat, fruit and veg from?
machine called the .
b. Where, do you think, does Bertie get meat, fruit and veg from? (2)
c. At the , the wheat is ground into .
d. The flour is taken to a and is processed to make
dough.
e. At the bakery the flour get mixed with water and .
f. Two slices of bread with filling is called a .
2. Look at the photos below and answer the questions:
1 2 3
a. What type of food can people get from their livestock? (3)
b. Name the type of farm that is shown on each photo. (3)
Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3
A A A
B B B
3. Write down two things that makes commercial farming different from 5. a. List four products we get from ostriches. (4)
subsistence farming. (2)
Commercial Farming Subsistence Farming
4. Look at the photos below.

a. Name the crop on each photo and give a province where it is
grown. (6) b. Name four products we get from pigs. (4)
b. Why do you think do these crops grow in these provinces? (1)
6. Use the map below to assist you in answering the questions:

a. Fruit and veg is grown close to cities. Why do you think this is? (2)
1 2 3
Photo Crop Province
1
2 b. Why do you think that deciduous fruit does not get grown in
3 Gauteng? (2)
b. .
c. What very dry province has a lot of sheep farms? (1) 7. Look at the photos below. Name the crop that each of these
processed foods comes from. (3)
d. In which two provinces is sugar cane grown? Why, do you think, is

it grown here? (4)
1 2 3
1.
2.
3.
e. Why do you think, is the Western Cape the province where the
most grapes are grown? (2) 8. Place the following sentences in the correct order:
The flour goes to a bakery where dough gets made and bread is
baked.
Special machines plant the wheat seeds.
A harvester harvests the wheat.
The wheat plants grows and starts to flower.
We buy bread at the shop and make sandwiches
The wheat goes to a factory and is ground into flour.
Exercise 1 (MEMO): 3. Choose one of these processed foods.
a. Explain:
1. Underline the correct word: (8)
i. What it is (1) Orange juice / potato chips .
 People who plant crops for themselves and their families, is called
ii. How it is processed (2)
(subsistence- / commercial) farmers.
 Different crops grows well in different types of (climates / settlements) Juice get squeezed / chips get fried
 Hot, wet places are the best for growing (deciduous / tropical) fruits. iii. Where people can go to get this food (1)
 An example of a citrus fruit is a (lemon / litchi).
 Milk is produced on a (dairy / beef) farm. Supermarket / shop
 (Rain / hail) can be a big problem for farmers who grow peaches or pears.
 One way of processing an egg is to (boil / sell) it.
 Potato chips are an example of a (processed / unprocessed) food.
2. Use the mind map to list: (8)

a. Two examples of cereal crops
b. Three different groups of fruit
c. Two root crops 4. Follow the journey from wheat to bread. Write these points in the
d. A cash crop that you cannot eat or drink correct order: (5)
a. Make flour from the wheat grains.
Cereals Fruit groups Root crops Cash crops
b. Grow the seeds into plants.
1.wheat / mealies 1.Deciuous 1.Carrots 1.Tobacco / flowers
c. Harvest the wheat grains.
2.Maize/oats 2.Tropical 2.Potatoes
d. Mix the flour to make dough.
3.Citrus Beetroot e. Let the wheat grains get ripe.
a. Plant the wheat seeds

b. Grow the seeds into plants .
c. Let the wheat grains get ripe .
d. Harvest the wheat grains .
e. Make flour from the wheat grains .
f. Mix the flour to make dough .
g. Bake the dough to make bread Total: 25
Exercise 2 (MEMO):
1. What is a food collector? (2) Leather
Someone who collects and eats food growing in the wild 8. Use the map to complete the table. (12)
Province Two types of A type of crop that A crop that is grown
2. Name two places you can get fruit from. (2) livestock they farm gets grown here here
with here
Fruit tree / road stall / supermarket /fruit and vegetable shop Western Cape Ostriches, sheep Citrus fruit, Wheat, vegetables
deciduous fruit
3. Choose a word(s) from the below list to complete each sentence. (5) Limpopo Cattle, goats Citrus fruit, Mealies
tropical fruit
Subsistence farmers | commercial farmers | cash crops | livestock | money KwaZulu-Natal Cattle, goats Tropical fruit Sugar cane,
mealies, vegetables
a. Commercial farmers farm as a business to make money .
b. Subsistence farmers farm to feed themselves.
c. Animals that are kept by farmers, are called livestock .
d. Cash crops are crops that people grow to sell.
4. Complete the missing information in the table below (6)

Give one example of Give one province where
this type of fruit this type of fruit grows
Tropical fruit Mangoes, bananas, Kwazulu-Natal, Limpopo
pineapples, avo’s
Deciduous fruit Grapes, apples, Western Cape, Eastern
peaches, pears Cape, Northern Cape
Citrus fruit Oranges, lemons, Limpopo, Mpumalanga,
nartjies Western Cape, Eastern
Cape, Northern Cape
5. List four products we get from ostriches. (4)

Feathers, meat, eggs, leather, eggshells
6. List two types of meat we get from sheep. (2)
Sheep, lamb
7. What product besides meat do we get from pigs? (1)
9. Look at the photos below: Exercise 3 (MEMO):
1. Read the sentences below and answer the questions.
Siya lives in a small town by the sea, far from shops. Bertie stays in a
small flat in a big city.
c. Where, do you think, does Siya get meat, fruit and veg from?
d. Where, do you think, does Bertie get meat, fruit and veg from? (2)
1 2 3 4
Siya would get fish from the see and grow his own fruit and veg
a. Write down for each picture, if the food type that is shown, is Bertie would buy all his food from the shops
processed or unprocessed. (4)
1 – processed, 2 – processed, 3 – unprocessed, 4 - processed 2. Look at the photos below and answer the questions:
b. Give the name of one processed food type that we get from the
following: (4)
Crop Processed food type
Sunflowers Sunflower oil
Wheat Flour, bread, cake, pasta
Mealies Meal
Potatoes Fries or chips
1 2 3
10. Choose the correct words to complete each sentence.
c. What type of food can people get from their livestock? (3)
Combine harvester | bakery | flour | plough | yeast | sandwich | wheat | mill d. Name the type of farm that is shown on each photo. (3)
1. Before planting, the farmer would plough the land. Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3
2. The wheat is harvested by a special machine called the combine harvester. A Eggs A Meat A Milk
3. At the mill , the wheat is ground into flour . B Commercial B Commercial B Subsistence
4. The flour is taken to a bakery and is processed to make dough.
5. At the bakery the flour get mixed with water and yeast .
6. Two slices of bread with filling is called a sandwich .
3. Write down two things that makes commercial farming different from b. Name four products we get from pigs. (4)
subsistence farming. (2)
Commercial Farming Subsistence Farming Bacon, polony, sausage, ham
Bigger arms Smaller farms
Use of machines Use of simple hand tools
Grow only one crop Grow more than one crop 6. Use the map below to assist you in answering the questions:
Sell what they grow Use the crops for themselves a. Fruit and veg is grown close to cities. Why do you think this is? (2)
They have to be close to markets because they spoil quickly
4. Look at the photos below.
a. Name the crop on each photo and give a province where it is b. Why do you think that deciduous fruit does not get grown in
grown. (6) Gauteng? (2)
b. Why do you think do these crops grow in these provinces? (1)
Gauteng gets hail in the summer, it will damage the fruit
c. What very dry province has a lot of sheep farms? (1)

The Northern Cape
d. In which two provinces is sugar cane grown? Why, do you think, is

it grown here? (4)
Kwazulu-Natal and Mpumalanga

1 2 3 They have a warm climate and get lots of rain
Photo Crop Province
1 Grapes Western Cape e. Why do you think, is the Western Cape the province where the
2 Sunflower Free state most grapes are grown? (2)
3 Sugar cane Kwazulu-Natal / Mpumalanga Grapes grows best where it rains in winter. The Western Cape
gets winter rain.
b. The climate / weather in these provinces are ideal to grow these crops
5. A. List four products we get from ostriches. (4)
7. Look at the photos below. Name the crop that each of these
Meat, feathers, eggs, leather, eggshells processed foods comes from. (3)
1 2 3
1. Sugar – sugar cane
2. Cereal - wheat
3. Potato chips - potatoes
8. Place the following sentences in the correct order:

5 The flour goes to a bakery where dough gets made and bread is baked.
1 Special machines plant the wheat seeds.
3 A harvester harvests the wheat.
2 The wheat plants grows and starts to flower.
6 We buy bread at the shop and make sandwiches
4 The wheat goes to a factory and is ground into flour.
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Exercise 1: 2.

Use the mind map to list: (8)

 ‘An example of a citrus fruit is a (lemon / litchi). 3.

 Milk is produced on a (dairy / beef) farm.

iii. Where people can go to get this food (1)

3. Choose a word(s) from the below list to complete each

6. List two types of meat we get from sheep. (2)

8. Use the map to complete the table. (12)

4. Look at the photos below.

6. Use the map below to assist you in answering the questions:

d. In which two provinces is sugar cane grown? Why, do you think, is

2. Use the mind map to list: (8)

a. Plant the wheat seeds

4. Complete the missing information in the table below (6)

5. List four products we get from ostriches. (4)

c. What very dry province has a lot of sheep farms? (1)

d. In which two provinces is sugar cane grown? Why, do you think, is

Kwazulu-Natal and Mpumalanga

8. Place the following sentences in the correct order:

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