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Intensive Farming (U3 W5)
By Jovana Menkevich
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Question 1
1.
Choose the sentence that shows the author's claim about intensive farming.
To help meet this growing need for food, people have turned to a special method of farming called intensive faring, which is done on very large farms.
Crops are grown in huge fields and are then sold.
This technique produces food more quickly and more cheaply than ever before.
It is the best way for agronomists meet the challenge of feeding our world.
Question 2
2.
Read this sentence from the passage.
"This
technique
produces food more quickly and more cheaply than ever before."
The Greek root
techn-
means "art, scinece, skill." What does
technique
mean as it is used in this sentence?
giant project
modern process
scientific method
technical farming
Question 3
3.
Read this sentence from the passage.
"It is the best way for
agronomists
meet the challenge of feeding our world."
The Greek root
agro-
means "land management." What does
agronomists
means as it is used in this sentence?
someone who eats food
someone who sells food
someone who sells land for farms
someone who develops farm practices
Question 4
4.
Choose the sentence that shows why intensive farming is a good way to feed people.
With intensive farming, a filed that once grew food for ten people can now feed one hundred.
This increase points out that intensive farming is a valuable method of producing food.
Farmers on these large farms often use new varieties of plants.
Scientists have developed plants that can produce more food.
One example is corn that grows more corncobs.
Some plants have been created so that they do not spoil quickly.
These plants can be shipped long distances and stay fresh.
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Question 5
5.
Read this sentence from the passage.
"Based on his
logic,
Lister came to believe patients caught infection from bacteria."
The Greek root
log
means "thoughts, word, speech." What does
logic
mean as it is used in this sentence?
emotion
learning
reasoning
speaking
Question 6
6.
Read this sentence.
"Lister tested his
theory
using carbolic acid to see whether it prevented infections."
The Greek root
theoria
means "to look at, to consider." What does
theory
mean as it is used in this sentence?
attention
bacteria
experiment
way of thinking
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Question 7
7.
Select the letters to choose which heading each sentence supports in the passage. One heading will be used more than once.
A, E, I, J
B, D, H, L
C, E, I, J
C, D, H, K
Question 8
8.
Which
two
ideas are
not
found under the heading
Lister's Legacy
?
how to use soap and water to sterilize hands
why carbolic acid helps prevent many deaths
how doctors wash their hands before surgery
how Lister learned bacteria causes infections
why nurses put on doctor's gowns and gloves
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Question 9
9.
Choose the bubbles to place the steps of the "scrubbing in" process in the order they appear in the passage.
A, F, K, P
B, E, L, O
D, G, J, M
D, F, I, O