Corn Facts
This type of corn is typically used to make popcorn.
What is popcorn?
True or false: Can corn be eaten by itself?
True
This modern-day country is where corn was first grown and domesticated?
Where is Mexico?
What is another word for Corn?
What is Maize?
The United States has enough corn fields to cover this country?
What is Yellow?
This syrup made from corn is often found in sugary drinks.
What is High fructose corn syrup?
Corn was an important food for these original inhabitants of Mesoamerica.
What is Native Americans?
Corn is typically grown in this type of soil?
What is dirt?
Over 99% of cultivated Corn is this type.
What is Yellow Dent #2?
Corn grows on this part of the plant.
What is Cob?
True or False: Corn is NOT used in Toothpaste.
What is false?
Mesoamerica is located mostly in this modern day country.
What is Mexico?
True or false: Corn is the LEAST grown crop in the world?
False
True or False: Europeans did NOT export crops from Mesoamerica.
False
This is the green, leafy outer layer that protects the corn kernels
What is the Husk?
Corn is used to make this sugary drink, which is oftern served cold.
What is Soda?
Which country was and still is considered the Corn capital of the world?
What is the United States?
The Country that grows the most corn in the world is this one?
What is the United States?
Corn was first domesticated using this kind of grass.
What is Teosinte?
What is the white part of corn?
What is silk?
Corn can be made into toys, baskets, sleeping mats, and this item.
What is clothing?
About how long ago was corn first domesticated?
Is it about 9,000 years ago?
This part of the corn is used to make popcorn.
What is Kernel?
This person invented Yellow Dent Corn and earned the blue ribbon.
Who is James Reid?