Vocabulary
Corn Structure
Science of corn
CSA's
Planting Methods
100

What does mutally beneficial mean? 

Good for two or more creatures or things. 

100

What am I? 

Tall, straight upward, shallow root system, as tall as 10 feet 

Stalk

100

The U.S. exports how much corn per year?

10 billion 

100

How much does each family pay per year per family to a CSA?

$300 -$500 

100

What method of farming was the planting of soybeans and corn? 

two-crop rotation

200

What does emerge mean? 

To rise up or become known. 

200

What am I?

The female organ is called the....

Ear

200

Corn can be converted into what marketable products? 

farm to table, frozen, canned, or processed and sold.

200

How many CSA's are there in the United States? 

over 12,000

200

What method of growing corn involved soybeans, squash, and corn? 

The three sisters method

300

What does resource mean? 

Something of value found on Earth.

300

What am I? 

The male organ is called the...

Tassel

300

What crop growing method works the best? 

two crop corn/soybean rotation

300

What does CSA stand for? 

Community Supported Agriculture

300
What method of farming produced the yields, sharply reduced the toxicity of freshwater runoff, and eliminated many of the growing problems. 

Four-crop rotation 

400

What does the word adaptable mean? 

Is quickly able to change or adapt. 

400

What am I?

Leafy wrapping around the cob.

Husk

400

Crops grow better with fewer what? 

Weeds and pests

400

When you agree with a local farm to participate in the program, you become a ? 

Shareholder

400

What method reduced soil loss, resulting in soil organic buildup in corn crops?

Tillage

500

What does the word cultivate mean? 

Preparing for and growing crops on land.

500

What am I?

Soft, thin, hairlike structure.

Silks

500

What is the purpose of letting the land lie fallow, or unplanted? 

To prevent the soil from becoming exhausted when the same crop is grown over and over. 

500

To help CSA's preserve the nutrients in the soil, farmers use this method. 

crop rotation

500

Whose method, borrowed from Dutch and Flemish farmers, grew better crops with fewer weeds and pest problems? 

Charles Townshend

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