Plants

Fruits vs. Vegetables Part 4

​Plants make our food

• Plants make other things that we eat besides fruits and vegetables

Multiple Choice

True or false: Only fruits and vegetables come from plants.

• True

• False

​A spice that comes from the bark of a tree

​​Cinnamon

​A crystal that comes from the stem of a sugar cane plant

​​Sugar

​A seed that can form popcorn when it is heated

​​Corn

Multiple Choice

Where does cinnamon come from?

• Banana trees
• Pine trees
• Cinnamomum tree bra

• Apple trees

Multiple Choice

Where does sugar come from?

• Potatoes
• Sugarcane stems

• Rice
• Wheat

• First the corn is dried to form corn kernels

• Then heat is added to the corn and steam begins to form

• The steam causes pressure on the corn kernels

• When the outer layer of the corn kernel can no longer hold the pressure, it explodes

• The starch, the white, fluffy stuff inside the corn kernel is what we eat when we eat popcorn

A popcorn bomb

Multiple Choice

What is dried corn called?

• Cornflour
• Dried rice
• Dry wheat
• Corn kernels

Multiple Choice

What forms when heat is added to corn kernels?

• Steamed corn
• Fried corn
• Boiled corn
• Steam

Multiple Choice

The steam forms pressure on the kernels and the corn?

• folds

• explodes

Multiple Choice

What is corn starch?

• The hard shell of the kernel

• The white, fluffy part of the popcorn

​Tea

• Tea is made when we pour hot water over herbs

• Tea is thought to be almost 30,000 years old

• Tea can be made from tree bark, leaves, flowers, and other plant parts (but it is usually made of tea leaves)

• When the tea is left in hot water, the flavor of the leaves is released into the water

Multiple Choice

Tea mostly comes from

• leaves

• stems

• roots

Multiple Choice

French fries come from

• Carrots
• Apples
• Potatoes
• Bananas

Multiple Choice

Potatoes come from

• roots

• leaves

• stems

Multiple Choice

True or false: Plants give us food in many different ways.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or false: Only plants and vegetables come from plants.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Spices come from plants

• True

• False