THEBattleAGAINSTPestsbyLindaBennettPAIREDREADMakinganOrganicGardenPersuasiveTextSTRATEGIES&SKILLSPhotographyCredit:PhotobyScottBauer/USDA.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.AComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:Author’sPointofViewVocabularyStrategyGreekRootsVocabularyadvancements,agriculture,characteristics,concerns,disagreed,inherit,prevalent,resistanceContentStandardsScienceLifeScienceWordCount:1,261**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119163-5MHID:0-02-119163-8PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1ControllingPests.........................2Chapter2AChemicalMiracle.......................5Chapter3ProtectingtheEnvironment...............8Chapter4SafeFoodfortheFuture.................11RespondtoReading....................15MakinganOrganicGarden.....16Glossary/Index..........................19FocusonScience...............20EssentialQuestionInwhatwayscanadvancesinsciencebehelpfulorharmful?byLindaBennettTHEBattleAGAINSTPestsLongago,peoplegatheredplantsandfruitstoeatforfood.Around10,000yearsago,peoplebegantogrowcropstofeedtheirfamilies.Sincepeoplebegangrowingcrops,theyhavehadtofightagainstpests,suchasinsects,weeds,anddiseases,thatattackedtheircrops.Somepeopleusedpoisonstokeeptheirplantsfreefrompests.InancientGreece,peoplesprayedtheirhomeswithsulfurtogetridofinsects.InChina,theyusedarsenictokeepgardenpestsaway.CHAPTER1ControllingPestsAncientEgyptiansgrewtheirownfoodcrops.2SandroVannini/CORBISOvertime,therewereoutbreaksofpeststhatwereverydestructive.InthethirteenthcenturyinEgypt,hugeswa...
