Popcorn and Corn Trivia

The extreme heat caused the corn to explode, and bits of popcorn ________________from the ears.

People made snowmen and had snow fights using the ____________of popcorn.

On one ______________ hot day, the temperature rose above 110 degrees!

Corn is a plant species that is native to North America. First _________________ thousands of years ago by the early inhabitants of what is now Mexico.

Before the ________________ of early civilizations, early humans hunted and gathered food.

As people learned to grow crops for ________________, their relationship to these organisms changed.

Over the past century, corn has also been processed in ethanol. It is burned to _________________ heat energy.

The large-scale farming and manufacturing practices of ethanol production are _________________ freshwater resources in the Midwest and severely polluting the soil, water, and air.