To save Earth's food supply, we need to first save pollinators,

1. 1. Which sentence from the section "Bumblebee Species Dying Out" BEST supports the idea that bumblebees are in trouble?

• A. A managed honeybee hive is kept by humans either as a hobby or as a farming business.

• B. Over the last 50 years, the number of managed honeybee hives has increased around the world.

• C. Over the last 50 years, the number of managed honeybee hives has increased around the world.

• D. He praised the report for looking at the bigger picture beyond just honeybees.

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2. 2. Based on information in the article, which of these statements is TRUE?

• A. Pollinators are only important to a few types of crops.

• B. No group of pollinators have become extinct yet, but they are close. 

• C. Humans are part of the reason why pollinators are dying off.

•  D. There are only a few countries that support the report about pollinators.

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3. 3. What is a MAIN idea of the section "Bumblebee Species Dying Out"?

• a. Something must be done to save the bees.

• b. Both England and the United States now have fewer bees than before.

• c. The report looked at honeybees and bumblebees.

• d. Experts have reviewed the report about bees.

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4. 4. Which detail would be MOST important to include in a summary of the article?

• A. Yet 2 out of 5 species of invertebrate pollinators, such as bees and butterflies, are dying out, said the report.

• B. Most of the solutions involve changing the way farms are run and are relatively simple and inexpensive, said David Inouye of the University of Maryland.

• C. Out of all the different types of bees, bumblebees are most affected by climate change, he said.

• D. Dennis vanEngelsdorp is a University of Maryland bee expert. He praised the report for looking at the bigger picture beyond just honeybees.

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5. 5. Read the paragraph from the article. 

Many species of wild bees, butterflies and other critters that pollinate plants are shrinking toward extinction, and the world needs to do something about it before our food supply suffers, a new United Nations scientific mega-report warns. 

Which conclusion can be drawn from this paragraph?

•  (A) The United Nations believes there is a connection between pollinators and food supply.

• (B) The United Nations is the most respected source of information about animal extinction.

• (C) The United Nations only cares about animal extinction if it relates to food supply.

• (D) The United Nations will lead any future action to protect our future food supply.

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6. Read the following main idea from the article. 

Humans have already taken some action to save pollinators. 

Which citation from the article BEST supports this idea?

• (A) "We are in a period of decline and there are going to be increasing consequences," said the report's lead author Simon Potts.

• (B) But the problems can be fixed, said Robert Watson, a top British ecological scientist and vice chairman of the scientific panel.

• (C) England now pays farmers to plant wildflowers for bees in hedge rows, Watson said.

• (D) Potts said the number of managed hives in the United States dropped from 5.5 million in 1961 to a low of 2.5 million in 2012, when colony collapse disorder was causing increased worries.

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