Making Inferences

Making Inferences

A.

Match each excerpt from Reading 1 with the correct inference.

Multiple Choice

1.

• These seeds are important because the genetic information they contain will help grow food despite climate change and global warming.

• Some food crops are more important in certain countries than others.

• The world's food supply is in danger.

Multiple Choice

2.

• These seeds are important because the genetic information they contain will help grow food despite climate change and global warming.

• Some food crops are more important in certain countries than others.

• Some rare varieties of important food crops are hard to find, and they are in danger of disappearing.

Multiple Choice

3.

• These seeds are important because the genetic information they contain will help grow food despite climate change and global warming.

• Some food crops are more important in certain countries than others.

• Cold areas of the globe, such as the arctic, are excellent locations for seed banks.

Multiple Choice

4.

• These seeds are important because the genetic information they contain will help grow food despite climate change and global warming.

• Cold areas of the globe, such as the arctic, are excellent locations for seed banks.

• Farmers are growing fewer varieties of crops compared to the past.

Multiple Choice

5.

• Cold areas of the globe, such as the arctic, are excellent locations for seed banks.

• Farmers are growing fewer varieties of crops compared to the past.

Multiple Choice

6.

• Cold areas of the globe, such as the arctic, are excellent locations for seed banks.

• The world's food supply is in danger.

• Some food crops are more important in certain countries than others.

Open Ended

2. Statement: Mexico is the perfect place for corn seeds to be banked.

Open Ended

3. Statement: Scientists cheered when the United Nations International Treaty on Plant Genetic resources finally created a formal global network for banking seeds and studying their genetic traits.

Open Ended

4. Statement: In the Philippines, a typhoon demolished the wall of a seed bank, destroying many valuable samples.