Ice Harvest

Why did ice used to be harvested?

• to catch dripping water

• to build refrigerators

• to keep food cold

• to make sculptures

What is the sequence of events in an ice harvest?

• the ice is stored, sold, the ice forms, water freezes, the ice is cut.

• the ice is cut, stored, sold, water freezes, ice forms.

• water freezes, ice forms, the ice is cut, stored, sold.

• ice forms, water freezes, the ice is cut, stored, sold.

People eventually started using refrigerators instead of clocks of ice. What sentence form the pasage supports this statement?

• "In the early 1900s there were many large businesses built around the harvesting, storage, and distribution of ice."

• "But once the refrigerator was invented and became easier for mare people to buy, there was little need for ice harvesting."

• "A very interesting practice for storing food with lake and river ice involved digging a very large hole."

How can ice harvesting be described?

• easy work that people of all ages could do with their hands

• work that required the use of buffalo, iceboxes, and sculptures

• long, hard work that was not very useful to anyone

• hard work that once allowed businessmen to make a lot of money

What is this passage mostly about?

• how and why ice used to be harvested

• wintertime in Pennsylvania

• the holes that buffalo hunters used to dig

• the invention of the refrigerator

"In the early 1900s there were many large businesses built around the harvesting, storage, and distribution of ice." What does the word harvesting mean in the sentence above?

• melting

• collecting

• attacking

• traveling

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below. Many people used blocks of ice to keep their food fresh _____ they started using refrigerators.

• before

• after

• although

• primarily

A container hat holds a block of ice to keep food cold is called a . . . .

• ice box

• refrigerator

• ice house

• shed

Why did hunters put dead buffaloes into holes lined with ice?

• to preserve their meat.

• to hide them from other hunters

• to honor them

• for good luck

How are iceboxes and the holes hunters used to store dead buffaloes alike?

• They kept things hidden.

• They were used to keep food cold.

• They were both round.

• They are both still in use today.