Making Milk Safe

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Which detail supports the idea that people were resistant to accept pasteurization?

Manufacturers complained that it was expensive.

Infant mortality plummeted after regulations passed.

Pasteur heated milk and then quickly cooled it.

State legislatures attempted to require pasteurization.

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How does the writer introduce Louis Pasteur?

with an anecdote about a child who died from typhoid fever

with statistics on annual child mortality rates

by stating that farmers had lowered their standards

by explaining how he had solved the problem of contaminated milk in the 1860s

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In the article, what does the phrase flocked to burgeoning cities mean?

flew to cities in airplaines

bunched together in cities like pidgeons

moved to fast-growing cities in great numbers

moved to cities designed for former farmers

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Using context clues from the text determine what the following word means.
What is the meaning of consistency in this text?

texture

dependability

steadiness

regularity

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Using context clues from the text determine what the following word means.
What is the meaning of mortality in this text?

having good character

impermanence

deaths

births

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Using context clues from the text determine what the following word means.
What is the meaning of galvanize in this text?

shock into action

jolt by electricity

coat with zinc

submerge

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Using context clues from the text determine what the following word means.
What is the meaning of balked in this text?

aggressively agreed

left on a ridge

refused to accept

on a trestle

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Using context clues from the text determine what the following word means.
What is the meaning of counterpart in this text?

copies of something

complement

colleague or coworker

corresponding item

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Why do you think people are sometimes slow to accept innovations?
Write a paragraph expressing your opinion in RACES format. Use details from the text and other current examples to support your opinion.

Making Milk Safe

Which detail supports the idea that people were resistant to accept pasteurization?

How does the writer introduce Louis Pasteur?

In the article, what does the phrase flocked to burgeoning cities mean?

Using context clues from the text determine what the following word means. What is the meaning of consistency in this text?

Using context clues from the text determine what the following word means. What is the meaning of mortality in this text?

Using context clues from the text determine what the following word means. What is the meaning of galvanize in this text?

Using context clues from the text determine what the following word means. What is the meaning of balked in this text?

Using context clues from the text determine what the following word means. What is the meaning of counterpart in this text?

Why do you think people are sometimes slow to accept innovations? Write a paragraph expressing your opinion in RACES format. Use details from the text and other current examples to support your opinion.

Which detail supports the idea that people were resistant to accept pasteurization?

How does the writer introduce Louis Pasteur?

In the article, what does the phrase flocked to burgeoning cities mean?

Using context clues from the text determine what the following word means. What is the meaning of consistency in this text?

Using context clues from the text determine what the following word means. What is the meaning of mortality in this text?

Using context clues from the text determine what the following word means. What is the meaning of galvanize in this text?

Using context clues from the text determine what the following word means. What is the meaning of balked in this text?

Using context clues from the text determine what the following word means. What is the meaning of counterpart in this text?

Why do you think people are sometimes slow to accept innovations? Write a paragraph expressing your opinion in RACES format. Use details from the text and other current examples to support your opinion.

Using context clues from the text determine what the following word means.
What is the meaning of consistency in this text?

Using context clues from the text determine what the following word means.
What is the meaning of mortality in this text?

Using context clues from the text determine what the following word means.
What is the meaning of galvanize in this text?

Using context clues from the text determine what the following word means.
What is the meaning of balked in this text?

Using context clues from the text determine what the following word means.
What is the meaning of counterpart in this text?

Why do you think people are sometimes slow to accept innovations?
Write a paragraph expressing your opinion in RACES format. Use details from the text and other current examples to support your opinion.

Using context clues from the text determine what the following word means.
What is the meaning of consistency in this text?

Using context clues from the text determine what the following word means.
What is the meaning of mortality in this text?

Using context clues from the text determine what the following word means.
What is the meaning of galvanize in this text?

Using context clues from the text determine what the following word means.
What is the meaning of balked in this text?

Using context clues from the text determine what the following word means.
What is the meaning of counterpart in this text?

Why do you think people are sometimes slow to accept innovations?
Write a paragraph expressing your opinion in RACES format. Use details from the text and other current examples to support your opinion.