Share Power Up 4 - Unit 9 - Cross-Curricular - Tea
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COMPLETE: Tea plants need cool temperatures, but _____.
cacao plants need hot temperatures
COMPLETE: We use the leaves of a tea plant, but _____.
we use the pods / beans of the cacao plant
COMPLETE: Tea plants are bushes, but _____.
cacao plants are trees
Do you like tea? If yes, what’s your favourite type of tea?
(FREE ANSWER)
What percentage of water does tea have in the end of the drying process?
They use hot air to dry the leaves until they are only about 3% water.
What do the people put the tea in to send it to different places? (3)
They put the tea in chests to send it to factories. They make tea bags or they put the loose tea into boxes to sell in shops.
What do the workers do first when the tea arrives to the factory? Why?
First the workers put the tea on large shelves and leave them to dry in warm air because the leaves have a lot of water in them.
Who pick the leaves on the tea plantations?
Some plantations use machines to pick the leaves, but many plantations prefer people to pick the leaves.
How old are the tea bushes when workers start to pick their leaves first?
They pick their leaves first when they are three years old.
Why is a highland the best place to grow tea?
Because tea bushes need a lot of rain and they don’t like a lot of sun.
Where does tea grow?
Tea grows on large pieces of land called plantations.
