"The Science of Growing Corn"
Authored by Mary Wallace
English
5th - 6th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
What is the author’s purpose in “The Case for Keeping Corn Number 1”?
To entertain readers with a story about corn production
To persuade readers that new technology is enhancing corn production.
To inform readers about the process of producing corn
To prove that corn is the best product in America
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.6
CCSS.RI.6.9
CCSS.RI.7.9
CCSS.RL.5.6
CCSS.RL.6.6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Which detail from the passage BEST supports the the purpose you chose in Question #1? (To persuade readers that new technology is enhancing corn production.)
“Corn is highly versatile.”
“Some people argue that soil is depleted by the two-crop corn-soybean rotation.”
“We must move forward with technology, not back in time!”
“Today, corn is the most widely grown crop in America.”
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Which word or phrase helps the reader understand the meaning of the word “thrives” as it is used in paragraph 2?
“In the Midwest region”
“Continental United States”
“climates”
“Grows successfully”
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RL.5.1
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
What is the author’s purpose in “Did Farmers of the Past Know More Than We Do?”?
To entertain readers with a story about crop rotation
To persuade readers that farmers need to go back to old-fashioned methods of farming
To compare farmers in the United States to farmers in other countries
To prove that corn is the best product in America
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CCSS.RI.6.6
CCSS.RI.6.9
CCSS.RI.7.9
CCSS.RL.5.6
CCSS.RL.6.6
5.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which describes why the author include the graph on page 21? Select all that apply.
To show the reader how many corn bushels per year
To enhance her opinion that technology is helping the corn industry
To help the reader understand how much corn is produced each year
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CCSS.RI.1.5
CCSS.RI.2.5
CCSS.RI.K.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
What is the conjunction used in the sentence below?
"They can be packaged into frozen and canned foods."
be
and
into
can
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CCSS.RI.4.3
CCSS.RI.5.3
CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.3
CCSS.RI.6.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
According to the author of "Did Farmers of the Past Know More Than We Do", why is the agricultural system unsustainable?
Chemicals are being used on plants
Because chemicals used on plants depend on fossil energy
What farmers return to the soil must now be purchased
A modern rotation includes only corn, soybeans, fertilizer and pesticides.
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