Farms of the Future

What are the benefits of vertical farming?

• A. It allows people to grow more plants in greenhouses.

• B. It allows people to grow crops in different spaces.

• C. It allows people to grow a variety of crops.

• D. It allows people to grow healthier food.

How do plants help remove waste in aquaponics?

• A. They give off chemicals that remove waste.

• B. They change the waste into food for the fish.

• C. They turn the waste into tomatoes.

• D. They use the waste as nutrients.

What are the benefits of growing algae?

• A. They have been grown in every part of the world.

• B. They are added to many types of food.

• C. They can be harvested after six days.

• D. They help rid the air of pollution.

Scientist and farmers....

• A. do not like working together.

• B. want to explore other plants

• C. have found the best way to grow food.

• D. will continue to come up with ideas as a team.

What is the central idea of this article?

• A. Scientist and farmers have come up with various strategies to help our growing population.

• B. Scientists and farmers think that it is impossible to come up with a way to use less land.

• C. Scientist and farmers have tested methos to grow food using more land.

• Scientist and farmers think humans should start eating less food.

How does Paragraph 1 help readers understand this article?

• A. It asks an important question that will be answered later in the text.

• B. It compares and contrasts the different ways people can farm in the future.

• C. It introduces a problem that the author will describe solutions for later in the text.

• D. It describes the relationship between farmers and scientist and how they work together.

Which detail best explains why scientist and farmers need to come up with solutions to farm more food with less land?

• A. "Scientist estimate that by 2050 there will be 9 billion people on Earth. ( Paragraph 1)

• B. "Scientist discovered that some plants frow just as well under red and blue LED lights as they do under the sun." Paragraph 3

• C. "Camera-carrying drones can fly over fields to see if the plants are healthy, which sections need water, or where weeds are popping up (Paragraph 10)

• D. "Even if a farmer doesn't have a self- driving tractor or a drone, they can use computers and apps to share data with other farmers." (Paragraph 11)

What does the word "facilities" mean as it is used in paragraph 7?

• A. a building made for a certain purpose.

• B. a material that is very expensive

• C. a place that holds a lot of water

• D. an ability to do something well.