random ice harvesting questions
pulled by horses to cut deep grooves into the surface of a frozen pond
ice plow
how long has ice harvesting been around?
Anser can be within 50 years
about 150 years
I am taken from a mine and then shot up a wooden case, then I am never released, but almost everybody uses me. What am I?
pencil lead
True or False:
The ice-cutters would drive their trucks out onto the lakes to cut the ice.
False
"In the early 1900s, there were many large businesses built around the harvesting, storage, and distribution of ice." What does the word harvesting mean in the sentence above?
collecting
A man stands on one side of a river, his dog on the other. The man calls his dog, who immediately crosses the river without getting wet and without using a bridge or a boat. How did the dog do it?
The river is frozen.
what is the most important ice harvesting tool?
ice plow
Where did the ice-cutters store their large blocks of ice?
in a ice house
Turn me on my side, and I am everything. Cut me in half, and I am nothing. What am I?
8
Why did people stop harvesting ice?
because of refrigerators.
How thick was the ice on the lakes where the ice-cutters would go?
1 foot
What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and water, but no fish?
A map
What do you call people who harvest ice?
icemen
Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.
Many people used blocks of ice to keep their food fresh _____ they started using refrigerators.
possible answers: before, after, although, primarily
before
what kind of running means walking?
running out of gas.