Tuesday Bellringer: Time to Become a Locavore-Vocabulary Review

Identify the central idea of the text "Time to Become a Locavore".

• The text is mainly about the importance of buying products from supermarkets, such as Wal-Mart.

• The text is mainly about the importance of buying products from local ventures.

• The text is mainly about why companies purchases their products from large factories.

• The text is mainly about how society has different opinions about big factories.

Read the following sentence and identify a synonym for the word "gluttonous".

There’s the gluttonous energy demand of a nationalized food system.

• Greedy

• In moderation

• Hoggish

• Generous

Read the following sentence and determine the meaning of the word "agribusiness".

Perhaps for the first time, the future of global agribusiness is in doubt.

• Local farmers who sell their products to only local consumers.

• Industries dealing with agricultural produce and services

• Consumers who only buy from local farmers

Read the following sentence and determine the meaning of the word "reliable"

Supermarket chains, grocery wholesalers and fast-food producers all calculate that it is easier to maximize sales and profits by buying from big factory farms with reliable yields

• Untrustworthy

• Dishonest

• Irresponsible

• Dependable

Read the following sentence and identify an synonym for the word "sprawl".

The city sprawls along the coastline.

• To decrease

• To shrink

• To spread

• To rapidly increase and then decrease

Read the following sentence and determine the meaning of the word "suburbanization".

Much of America’s most fertile farmland is around major cities, threaten by suburbanization.

• Population growth in areas outside the city

• Population growth of local farms

• Population decrease of cities