Types of Corn
Corn Products
Math
Geography
Growing
100

This is the corn we eat

Sweet corn

100
Breakfast food made with corn
Cereal
100
What happens to 1/3 of the corn grown in the U.S.
Sold to other countries.
100
Name one reason why Iowa is a good place to grow corn
weather or soil
100
Corn is grown during which season?
Summer
200

This type of corn is heated so the moisture trapped inside explodes.

Popcorn

200
Something you would use at school.
Glue
200
An ear of corn has about how many rows of kernels.
16 rows
200

Name one state where it would be a POOR place to grow corn.

Ex. Arizona because it is too hot and sandy

200
There is one strand of this for every ear of corn, what is it called?
Silk
300
Used for livestock feed
Dent corn or field corn
300
Charges your favorite game
Battery
300
An ear of corn has how many kernels.
800 kernels
300
Name three states the corn belt includes
Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Minnesota, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Michigan, Missouri, Kansas and Kentucky
300

What is the name of the corn storage bins

Elevator or silo

400
This is a type of flint corn.
Indian corn
400
Sweetener used for candy, chewing gum and marshmallows
Corn syrup
400
A stalk of corn grows to about how many feet tall.
7 feet tall
400
Corn is grown on every continent of the world EXCEPT...
Antarctica
400
This is the long, middle part of the corn plant that holds the plant up.
Stalk
500
First type of corn grown.
Pod corn
500
Thickening for pudding or gravy
Corn starch
500
The U.S. grows this percentage of the world's corn.
45%
500
What's the name of the company that has its international office in Johnston, Iowa?
Pioneer Hybrids
500
This is the very top of the corn plant that helps with pollination.
Tassel
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