Benchmark - Unit 3 Week 1

What was corn once called?

• carrots

• Mexican Wheat

• Maize

• Tassel Corn

What is our essential question this unit?

• Why do we always have to read about corn?

• How do we decide which resources to develop?

• Why do laws continue to evolve?

• Why do we value certain qualities in people?

Name all the things made from corn.

• car tires

• medicine

• car fuel

• pig food

What part of the corn plant is the male part?

• the stalk

• the prop roots

• the silk

• the tassel

What part of the corn plant is the female part?

• the tassel

• the ear

• the stalk

• the prop roots

How tall can corn grow?

• 5 feet

• 8 feet

• 20 feet

• 10 feet

What part of the corn is the embryo?

• the kernel

• the silk

• the leaf

• the stalk

What does the leaf of the corn plant do?

• allow shade for the ears

• collect sunlight for the plant

• fertilize the corn

• pollinate the tassel

What does the silk of the corn plant do?

• protects the ear of corn

• provides nutrients and water to reach the ear of corn

• transports the pollen to the ear of corn

• anchors the corn to the stalk

North America includes...

• Texas, Brazil and Columbia

• Canada, Europe and Turkey

• Russia, Mexico, and United States

• Canada, Mexico and United States