Read the following text and fill in the blanks with the correct information from the text. Sometimes it's right on the box of rice mix—the high…

Read the following text and fill in the blanks with the correct information from the text.

Sometimes it's right on the box of rice mix—the high altitude version of cooking instructions. Usually this means that your rice will have to cook a little bit longer if you are in Denver or at the top of Mount Everest. Of course that's just a joke. No one cooks rice at the top of Everest. But why are the instructions even different? Why does it matter where you cook? The answer has to do with boiling water.

You ask some people on the street about the boiling temperature of water. Some might say 212°F or even better 100°C—but that's not always true. As you increase your altitude above sea level, the boiling point of water decreases by about 1°F for every 500 feet increase. That means your water in Denver is going to be 203°F and this will have an impact on your cooking. But why?

I. The cooking instructions are found on .......

II. Cooking rice at the top of Mount Everest is a ....... for the writer.

III. People think that water boils at ...... centigrade which is not true for the writer.

IV. The writer thinks that water does not boil always at ...... Fahrenheit.

V. At the increase of every 500 feet altitude, boiling point of water......