Benchmark Universe Unit 3 The Structure of Corn Plant

Which sentence BEST states the main idea of paragraph 1 and 2?

• Migrants grew corn in different areas of the country

• Corn is an essential crop and is grown all over North America

• Corn is an essential food source

• Corn has many different and important uses.

Why are the tassels of a corn important?

• They hold the corn together

• The tassel plays a huge role in the pollination

• The tassel grows the corn's kernals

• The tassel produces new corn plants.

Which word from the passage is pronounced with the same vowel sound as the word corn in paragraph 1?

• emerge

• circle

• stored

• party

What is the meaning of the word yield in paragraph 6?

• give away

• surrender

• a full amount

• produce

What is the main idea of paragraphs 3-6?

• The individual structures of a corn are made to fertilize each corn plant in order to create new plants.

• Each corn has male and female organs called tassels

• Corn is a major food source for humans and livestock

• A typical corn plant will grow as tall as ten feet.