Ice Harvesting Quiz

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Which would you rather use today to keep food cold?

• 🧊 Ice harvesting

• 📦 Refrigerators

What is the main idea of the text?

• People used to store food in their basements to keep it cool.

• Ice harvesting was a way people kept food cold before refrigerators were invented.

• Iceboxes were made out of wood to store food.

• Buffalo hunters used large holes to store meat.

What can you infer about the job of ice harvesters?

• It was a fun and easy job.

• It was a time-saving job.

• It was hard work that took patience and special tools.

• It required little effort or skill.

Why did people stop harvesting ice?

• The lakes stopped freezing.

• Ice became too expensive to harvest.

• Refrigerators made it easier to keep food cold.

• Ice houses became illegal.

What challenges do you think ice harvesters faced during the winter?