Structure of a Corn Plant
This tall green part of the corn plant holds it up.
What is the stalk?
Corn was first grown thousands of years ago in this country.
What is Mexico?
We eat this type of corn right off the cob in the summer.
What is sweet corn?
Corn needs plenty of this to stay healthy.
What is water?
What is sunlight?
These long strings catch the yellow dust (pollen) so the corn can grow.
What are the silks?
Corn spread north over many years into this continent.
What is North America?
Corn can be popped into this favorite movie snack.
What is popcorn?
How tall can corn get when grown correctly?
what is 3 meters or 10 feet tall?
This is the yellow seed we eat, and it grows on the cob.
What is the kernel?
Native Americans grew corn with beans and squash. They called them the ________ _________ ____________
What is the Three Sister Method
This type of corn is used to feed farm animals such as cows and pigs.
What is field corn?
Most corn is grown in what part of the country, also known as the Corn Belt.
What is the Midwest?
What is the green outside portion of the corn plant called? It covers the kernels.
What is the husk?
People changed corn over time by saving seeds from the best plants. This is called what?
What is selective breeding?
Corn can be turned into this kind of fuel for cars.
What is ethanol?
Sometimes farmers grow corn one year and this plant the next to rest the soil.
What are Soybeans?
The roots of the corn plant pull this up from the soil.
What is water and nutrients?
The wild plant that corn came from is called this.
What is teosinte?
What is carpet?
Almost all corn plants in the U.S. today are grown with what type of seed?
What are hybrid seeds?