The Omnivore's Dilemma
Authored by Shannon Kirk
English
8th Grade
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CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which detail supports the author's perspective?
Polyface Farm works with the natural processes of its animals to produce healthy food without impacting the environment or animals harmfully. (Choose 2 correct answers.)
Joel Salatin says he is a "grass" farmer.
Joel Salatin allows corn to ferment so that his pigs can dig through the compost to find the fermented corn.
Joel moves his chickens into a pasture 3 days after the cows have left it so they can eat the larvae from cow manure.
Joel Salatin invented the "egg mobile".
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
2.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify the three of the four food chains Pollan follows the book:
Cage-free
Local Sustainable
Hunter-Gatherer
Industrial
Farm to Table
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.9
CCSS.RI.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RI.K.6
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Select ALL of the ways the forest surrounding Polyface benefit the farm.
It keeps the farm's water supply from drying up.
Cattle like to roam forests.
It keeps the farm cooler in the summer.
The grass can grow higher with the trees acting as a windbreak.
It homes more wild birds which keeps the insect population low.
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Are "Happy Meals" actually happy?
no
yes
Tags
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.1.1
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Subsidize
Support financially
To Obtain something
Withdrawing finances
To follow a strict diet
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Eating too much hit poor people the most, why?
sugary and fat foods are cheaper
organic foods are not available
poor people eat more than rich people
more corn is put in their food
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RI.7.8
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Joel Salatin moves his chickens to where his cattle had been ___ days earlier to feast on the fattened larvae.
3-4
10-12
14
21
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.7.3
CCSS.RI.8.3
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