The Sugar Cane Industry

Sugar cane is a ____________.

• vine

• shrub

• grass

• small tree

Another word for stalk is ____________

• root

• branch

• stem

• limb

A furrow is a long trench in the ground and is used for planting seeds.

• True

• False

Which part of the sugar cane plant contains the juice?

• stem

• leaves

• roots

• arrows

The arrow of the sugar cane is also called a ______________

• panicle

• pinnacle

• stalk

• leaf

A sugar plantation is also called ______________

• a small farm

• an orchard

• an estate

• a garden

What is a new shoot springing from the root of the sugar cane?

• arrow

• ratoon

• leaf

• tassel

Sugar cane is only grown in the Caribbean.

• True

• False

Who helped to save the sugar industry by using different types of sugar cane?

• John Redman Bovell

• Samuel Jackman Prescod

• Bussa

• The sugar workers

Which one is NOT a part of the sugar cane plant?

• branch

• tassel

• stem

• stalk