Corn Biology
True or false: Corn is classified as a grass.
What is true?
This fuel is commonly made from corn in the U.S.
What is ethanol?
Corn was first domesticated in this region.
What is mesoamerica?
Corn gets its energy originally from this source.
What is the sun?
Corn is also called this in many countries.
What is maize?
The male part of the corn plant that produces pollen.
What is the tassel?
Corn is used to make this sweetener found in many sodas.
What is high-fructose corn syrup?
The crop corn was selectively bred from this wild grass.
What is teosinte?
The process corn uses to make sugar.
What is photosynthesis?
This central American food is traditionally made from corn.
What are tortillas, pupusas, tamales...?
The female part of the corn plant where kernels develop.
Biodegradable plastics are sometimes made from this corn-based polymer.
What is cornstarch (PLA)?
What is the Columbian Exchange?
What is cellular respiration?
This South American drink is made from fermented corn.
What is chicha?
Each strand of corn silk connects to exactly one _____.
What is a kernel?
What is popcorn?
Indigenous farming method that grew corn with beans and squash.
What is the milpa? (Three Sisters)
Corn is a staple crop on every continent except this one.
What is Antarctica?
Corn relies on this process to move pollen from tassel to silk.
What is wind pollination?
Corn can be processed into this animal feed used worldwide.
What is cornmeal or feed corn?
Corn became central to U.S. agriculture because of this 20th-century innovation/
What is industrial agriculture/synthetic fertilizer?
Corn energy can end up in humans even if they never eat corn directly - how?
What is through animals that eat corn/products that use corn?
Corn's global spread has caused this major ecological concern.
What is monoculture/biodiversity loss?