The Tortilla Factory Vocabulary “What does it mean?” All images retrieved from Wikimedia Commons

earth

worked

plant

plants

dried

ground

tortilla

factory

machinery

flour

dough

package

cycle

Clank-clunking

rustling

disk

strength

industrialization

sustainable agriculture

organic food

commercial farming

plant – the process of putting seeds into soil plants – vegetation that grows from a seed flour – a fine powder created when grain or seeds are ground cycle – something that repeats itself earth – soil or dirt worked - turning soil over with a hoe or plow ground – the process of grinding or crushing tortilla - a flat, round baked bread made from a piece of dough factory – a place where something is manufactured or made machinery - a mechanical device that is used to perform a job dough – the raw product of four and water mixed together package - a container that holds something dried – when all the moisture has evaporated from an object rustling – a soft sound like leaves rubbing together clank-clunking - a hard sound like two pieces of metal hitting each other disk – something that is round and flat strength – having physical abilities to do manual labor industrialization – large-scale introduction to production using advanced methods sustainable agriculture - environmentally friendly farming methods organic food – raised without chemicals and processed without additives commercial farming – large-scale farming methods The Tortilla Factory Vocabulary Any Questions??