Will give brainliest to first correct answer!
1
read the selection from the section "fda-approved cattle feed."
linda kurtz, a corporate environmental manager at mars, said the
company sells unused candies and ingredients to processors. the
processors combine them with other materials to make animal feed.
which of the following sentences from the article further explains what the "processors" do?
(a)
mars says it has procedures for discarding foods, including skittles, for that
purpose.
(b)
he said the skittles spilled from a box that started to break apart in the rain,
and about half of them got out.
(c)
he said that the food byproducts that get used for cattle feed vary
depending on what's available in the region and the particular time of year.
(d)
"you might think, 'oh my gosh, they might be eating a skittle.' in reality, that
piece of candy is being broken down," he said.
2
read the sentence from the section "fda-approved cattle feed."
the byproducts are mixed with other ingredients to achieve a
particular nutritional pro
fi
le, cribbs said.
the author uses the phrase "nutritional profile" to mean:
(a)
cattle byproduct
(b)
processed ingredient
(c)
planned-out animal diet
(d)
specific food regulation
3
read the paragraph from the section "taste the beef."
"we don't know how it ended up as it did and we are investigating,"
mars said.
why does the author include this paragraph in the article?
(a)
to further highlight that even the company is unsure of why the candy was on
its way to become cattle feed
(b)
to introduce the idea that someone at the company is confused by the
circumstances of the spill
(c)
to suggest that the company will take over the investigation started by
dodge county sheriff dale schmidt
(d)
to imply that the company does not understand why the discarded candy
was supposed to be destroyed
4
a reader of the article suggested that the author included the section "the case of the missing letter s" in order to explain why the skittles were discarded.
is this accurate? which selection from the section supports your answer?
(a)
no; schmidt said one of his deputies came across the spill and sent him
photos, which he posted on facebook.
(b)
no; he said the skittles spilled from a box that started to break apart in the
rain, and about half of them got out. the skittles on the ground did not have
the standard letter "s" on them, he said.
(c)
yes; the sheriff said he spoke with the farmer, but declined to immediately
give the farmer's name. he did not respond when asked by email how the
office connected the skittles with the farmer.
(d)
yes; mars spokeswoman denise young said the skittles were supposed to
be destroyed because a power outage prevented the signature "s" from
being placed on the candies.