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Pages 34-36
100
What is glucose syrup made from? 


(Page 19)

Corn.
100
What is one of the basic building blocks of matter?


(Page 21)

Carbon.
100
What is maize?


(Page 24)

It is the Spanish word for corn that the Spanish learned from the Native Americans who grew it. 
100
What does "agribusiness" mean?


(Page 28)

Agriculture business
100
What does GMO stand for? 


(page 36)

Genetically Modified Organism.
200

Why does Michael Pollan say that chicken nuggets are actually corn?

(Page 19)

"The chicken was fed corn. The batter is made from corn flour. The starch that holds it together is corn starch."
200
Do Americans eat more or less corn than Mexicans?


(Page 22)

Americans eat more corn.
200
What is teosinte?


(Page 25)

The "mother of corn" that evolved into corn.
200
How is teosinte different than modern corn? 


(Page 27)

"It does not have fat ears with hundreds of kernals wrapped in a thick husk. Instead, it has a single row of triangular seeds growing on a single stalk. Its kernels are covered in a hard shell." 
200
How did farmers like George Naylor's grandfather get their seeds? 


(Page 34)

"[They] grew their own seed. That's the way farmers had always gotten their seed- they just kept some of their crops to be planted for the next season."
300
What is high-fructose corn syrup? 


(Page 20)

A sweetener that is used in many soft drinks.
300
What is photosynthesis? 


(Pages 21-22) 

Plants take in carbon dioxide and turn it into food. They also take in the energy from the sun. They give off oxygen, which we need.
300
What did corn do to the European crops?


(Page 25)

"The first thing corn id was push aside the European crops the new settlers brought with them. The European plants just couldn't compete." 
300
What is a food chain in nature?


(Page 28)

"A food chain in nature helps us understand who eats what (or whom)." 
300
How are GMO corn plants made? 


(page 36)

"It is created in a laboratory by adding genes to corn DNA."
400
What is the difference between the industrial food chain and the industrial organic food chain? 


(page 12)

Only natural fertilizers are used in the industrial organic food chain. 
400
How do plants "use us"? 


(Page 23)

"The ones that can adapt use our farms and cities to spread and multiply."
400
What are four ways that settlers used corn?


(Page 25)

Ready-to-eat vegetable, storable grain, source of fiber, animal feed, heating fuel, mashed and fermented to make beer or whiskey.
400
How is the industrial food chain separate us from our food?


(Page 28)

*Hint: how is it different than the local sustainable food chain?

In the industrial food chain, our food is grown far away from us, and we do not know much about how it is grown. 
400
Why is hybrid corn better than conventional for business?


(page 35)

They can be planted closer together, so farmers can plant more.
500
Describe the hunter-gatherer food chain using your own words and give an example. 


(page 12)

Hunting, growing, or finding your own food. 
500
How can scientists tell how much corn we have been eating? 


(Page 22)

"Corn uses slightly different types of carbon than other plants. So by looking at the type of carbon in our cells, scientists can tell how much corn we have been eating."
500
How was corn an excellent way to store and trade wealth?


(Page 26)

"Dried corn is easy to transport and almost indestructible. The farmer can take any surplus to market and sell or trade it. In the new colonies corn often took the place of money."
500
How is the industrial food chain controlled by giant corporations? 


(Page 28)

Companies can own GMO crops, and companies own huge industrial farms that grow our food. 
500
Why does Michael Pollan say that companies can now own corn? 


(page 36)

Companies own their GMO crop, and can sell it to farmers.