PAIREDREADXxxxXxxTHEBattleAGAINSTPestsbyLindaBennettPAIREDREADMakinganOrganicGardenPersuasiveTextAPhotographyCredit:PhotobyScottBauer/USDA.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:Author’sPointofViewVocabularyStrategyGreekRootsVocabularyadvancements,agriculture,characteristics,concerns,disagreed,inherit,prevalent,resistanceContentStandardsScienceLifeScienceSTRATEGIES&SKILLSWordCount:971**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119090-4MHID:0-02-119090-9PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110EssentialQuestionInwhatwayscanadvancesinsciencebehelpfulorharmful?PAIREDREADChapter1ControllingPests......................2Chapter2AChemicalMiracle....................5Chapter3ProtectingtheEnvironment............8Chapter4SafeFoodfortheFuture..............11RespondtoReading.................15MakinganOrganicGarden..16Glossary/Index.......................19FocusonScience.............20byLindaBennettTHEBattleAGAINSTPestsAround10,000yearsago,peoplebegantogrowcrops.Sincethattime,theyhavehadtocopewithpests.Insects,weedsanddiseaseshaveattackedthecrops.Peopleuseddifferentwaysofkeepingpestsaway.InancientGreece,peoplesprayedtheirhomeswithsulfurtogetridofinsects.InChina,peopleusedarsenictokeepgardenpestsaway.CHAPTER1ControllingPestsAncientpeoplegrewtheirownfoodcrops.2SandroVannini/CORBISAttimes,therewereoutbreaksofpeststhatwereverydestructive.InthethirteenthcenturyinEgypt,swarmsoflocustsateanddestroyedthecrops.In1845inIreland,thepotatocropsgotadiseasecalledpotatoblight.Thepotatoesrottedinthegrou...
