Unit 1A - Vocabulary
Unit 1A - Comprehension
Unit 1B - Vocabulary
Unit 1B - Comprehension
Footnotes and Margins (Double Points)
100
an uncontrollable desire to do something repeatedly to the point where it causes harm
addiction
100
What is the main disease caused by eating too much sugar?
diabetes
100
If you use nothing but recycled materials to build your house, you can say that the house is built __________ from recycled materials.
solely
100
What kinds of crops and animals do farmers these days prefer?
Ones that grow in large numbers or amounts.
100

When do many people believe the first lollipop was first invented?

In the Middle Ages

200
advise or suggest (something) as a course of action
recommend
200
Why is it difficult to cut down on consuming sugar these days?
Sugar is in so many of the foods we eat.
200
Asia, Africa, and Europe are examples of ____________.
continents
200
In which country have 90% of the wheat varieties disappeared over the last 100 years?
In China
200

**TRIPLE POINTS** How many teaspoons a day of sugar do doctors recommend we eat, and how many teaspoons a day does the average person eat?

Doctors recommend we eat no more than 9.5 teaspoons of sugar per day, but the average person eats 22.7 teaspoons per day.

300
easily visible or easy to figure out for any sensible person
obvious
300
The article says that sugar is the the main __________ [word meaning "the one responsible"] for the diabetes epidemic.
culprit
300
an amount of produce harvested at one time
crop
300
What is the main difference between Heritage Farm and many other seed banks?
At Heritage Farm, they plant the seeds as well as store them.
300

There were 307 different varieties of corn sold 100 years ago. How many are sold today?

Only 12

400
This thing can be considered a small part of a war
battle
400
According to the article, what are our bodies very efficient at doing?
Storing sugar as fat
400
Black tip reef, great white, bull, and tiger are all __________ of sharks.
varieties
400
Where and when did the Great Potato Famine happen, and what was the type of potato that they relied upon?
Ireland, 1845, the Lumper potato
400

What do we call a vegetable that is grown from seeds that are passed down and preserved within a unique community?

An "heirloom" vegetable

500
"Addiction" was one of the vocabulary words in Unit 1A. What was another vocabulary word that was closely related to "addiction"?
drug
500
Describe three things that some schools are doing in order to fight back against sugar.
1. Replacing desserts with healthier options like fruit; 2. Growing their own food in gardens; 3. Building facilities like walking tracks
500
What vocabulary word can be applied to the the following things and people? Roman Empire, Ghandi, World War I, Lee Sun-shin
historic
500
Which Russian scientist first suggested collecting and preserving seed varieties before they disappear, and how many seeds did he collect?
Nikolay Vavilov collected 400,000 seeds
500
Today, Spain grows 36% of the worlds olives. However, only 4% of the world's olives are grown in this country, even though it is the country where olives were first cultivated. What country is it?
Syria
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