THEBattleAGAINSTPestsbyLindaBennettPAIREDREADMakinganOrganicGardenPersuasiveTextSTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:Author’sPointofViewVocabularyStrategyGreekRootsVocabularyadvancements,agriculture,characteristics,concerns,disagreed,inherit,prevalent,resistanceELLVocabularycontrolled,destructiveContentStandardsScienceLifeSciencePhotographyCredit:PhotobyScottBauer/USDA.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:1,069**ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119171-0MHID:0-02-119171-9PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1ControllingPests.........................2Chapter2AChemicalMiracle.......................5Chapter3ProtectingtheEnvironment...............8Chapter4SafeFoodfortheFuture.................11RespondtoReading....................15MakinganOrganicGarden.....16Glossary/Index..........................19FocusonScience...............20EssentialQuestionInwhatwayscanadvancesinsciencebehelpfulorharmful?byLindaBennettTHEBattleAGAINSTPestsAround10,000yearsago,peoplebegantogrowcrops.Sincethen,peoplehavefoughtpeststhatattackcrops.Thesepestsincludeinsects,weeds,anddiseases.Peopleuseddifferentthingstokeeppestsaway.InancientGreece,peoplesprayedhomeswithsulfurtogetridofinsects.InChina,peopleusedatypeofpoisoncalledarsenictokillgardenpests.CHAPTER1ControllingPestsAncientpeoplegrewcrops.Itwasimportanttoprotectthecropsfrompests.2SandroVannini/CORBISPestscanbeverydestructive.InthethirteenthcenturyinEgypt,hugeswarmsoflocustscoveredtheland.Thelocustsateanddestroyedthecrops.InI...
