Use the sentences to answer the question below.

Question

Harvesting cotton is a labor-intensive process that begins with the picking of the cotton bolls. This entails farmers using cotton pickers, which are large, mechanized machines that strip the cotton from the bolls and collect it into large containers. The process is time-consuming and can take up to 10 hours to pick a single acre of cotton.

Which context clues help you identify the meaning of the word entails in the second sentence? Be sure to select ALL that apply.

(2 points)
Responses

cotton
cotton

using
using

acre
acre

process

Answer 1

The context clues that help identify the meaning of the word "entails" in the second sentence are:

• using (indicates an action that is part of the process)
• process (suggests that "entails" refers to what is involved in the overall procedure of harvesting cotton)

So the correct responses are using and process.