WorksheetsPotatoes on the Rooftop
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 2hrs 15mins
Read “Potatoes on Rooftops: Farming in the City” and answer each question. 1 During World War I, many cities were running out of food. One solution was for more people to grow food at home. What does solution mean?
way of planting crops
way of preparing meals
way of fixing a problem
way of explaining an idea
What evidence from the passage best supports the point that vertical gardens can present challenges?
They are becoming popular, so scientists are beginning to study them
They need to include a system for collecting water and pumping it through a building
They were well with certain types of spices and flowers that are hard to find in many places
They reach very high temperatures, so they can be difficult to tend during the summer months.
According to the passage, why are beans a good fit for a city garden?
they tend to attract little wildlife
because they pair well with many other foods
because they need little direct sunlight or water
because they grow upward and do well in containers
According to the passage, what is the relationship between pollution and raised garden beds?
To clean up polluted soil, gardeners can put it in raised beds and let the chemicals drain out the bottom.
Raised garden beds protect plants from pollution because they use specially treated water rather than soil.
Raised garden beds make it easy to avoid polluted soil because they must be placed far away from major roads.
To avoid soil that may have been harmed by pollution, gardeners can build raised beds and fill them with fresh soil.
What are TWO main ideas of the passage? (PICK 2)
City gardens can help cities become greener and gardeners become healthier
City gardeners enjoy having locally grown food, but producing it takes a lot of time.
City gardeners often save money by borrowing garden tools and using everyday objects
City gardens can be built on rooftops, but the soil can be too heavy for many rooftops to hold.
What is the TOPIC of this passage?
City Life
Healthy Living
Gardening
Farming crops
Endanger means to
revitalize
question
jeopardize
study
Yield means to ....
Give over
join
stop from happening
answer quickly
Influence means...
buy anything you want
a position on a scale
a power to affect persons or events
wealth
Humble means....
shifty
guilty
careful
meek, modest
Transform means to
weigh
alter or change
question
anger
Contaminate means to
make something impure or dirty
put a law into effect
listen to
ponder angrily
Which place is urban?
Chicago
The desert
The Atlantic Ocean
The Russian River
Alternative means:
problematic
animal in captivity
perceptive
another way or in place of another
The Main Idea of a text is......
What the text is about
The topic
What the author is saying ABOUT the topic
The reader's opinion of the text
