The line graph below shows changes in the amount and type of fast food consumed by Australian teenagers from 1975 to 2000. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant
The line graph compares the fast food
consumption
of teenagers in Australia between 1975 and 2000, a period of 25 years.
Use synonyms
Overall
, the Linking Words
consumption
of Use synonyms
fish
and Use synonyms
chips
declined over the period, Use synonyms
whereas
the amount of pizza and hamburgers that were eaten increased.
In 1975, the most popular fast food among Australian teenagers was Linking Words
fish
and Use synonyms
chips
, being eaten 100 times a year. Use synonyms
This
was far higher than Pizza and hamburgers, which were consumed approximately 5 times a year. Linking Words
However
, apart from a brief rise again from 1980 to 1985, the Linking Words
consumption
of Use synonyms
fish
and Use synonyms
chips
gradually declined over the 25-year timescale to finish at just under 40.
In sharp contrast to Use synonyms
this
, teenagers ate the other two fast foods at much higher levels. Pizza Linking Words
consumption
increased gradually until it overtook the Use synonyms
consumption
of Use synonyms
fish
and Use synonyms
chips
in 1990. It Use synonyms
then
levelled off from 1995 to 2000. The biggest rise was seen in hamburgers as the occasions they were eaten increased sharply throughout the 1970s and 1980s, exceeding that of Linking Words
fish
and Use synonyms
chips
in 1985. It finished at the same level that Use synonyms
fish
and Use synonyms
chips
began, with Use synonyms
consumption
at 100 times a year.Use synonyms
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Vocabulary: Replace the words consumption, fish, chips with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "declined" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "rise" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "gradually" was used 2 times.
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