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WorksheetsUtica Unites - CORN!
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins
When is National Candy Corn Day?
October 30th
October 31st
December 25th
July 4th
What ingredients are used to make candy corn?
Water
Corn syrup
Marshmallows
All of the above
When was candy corn invented?
1700s
1800s
1900s
2000s
True or false?
A chute is like a tube or a slide.
True
False
How much candy corn is sold each year?
3,500 pounds
35,000 pounds
350,000 pounds
35,000,000 pounds
True or false?
Candy corn continues to be a hand-made candy to this day.
True
False
Candy corn is all of the following colors EXCEPT:
Brown
Orange
Yellow
White
Early on candy corn became a very popular treat among:
Teachers
Businessmen
Farmers
Actors
True or false?
Candy corn that is made by machine (rather than by hand) is not made with a mold.
True
False
On which holiday is candy corn a popular treat?
Christmas
Halloween
Easter
Thanksgiving
Which of these is part of a corn seed?
Pericap
Tassel
Leaf
Grain
Which machine harvests corn?
Combine
Tractor
Truck
Shovel
Which kind of corn do you buy at the grocery store to eat?
Popcorn
Sweet Corn
Field Corn
Indian Corn
One bushel of field corn can produce which of the following?
33 pounds of sweetner
13.5 pounds of starch
42.4 pounds of PLA
8.2 gallons of fuel
What is one main nutrient in corn?
Nitrogen
Magnesium
Calcium
Radon
Choose two types of technology used in farming today:
GPS
Drones
Vacuum
Robot
What is inside of a corn kernel that makes it pop to make popcorn?
Water
Air
Firework
Metal
What % of corn is used for sweeteners?
20%
10%
5%
2%
What part of the corn makes the syrup?
Endosperm
Kernel
Seeds
Stalk
Why do they feed corn to cattle and not grass?
There is more corn than grass available
Most Americans are not willing to pay the extra cost of grass fed beef
Corn has more nutrients for the cattle
There is less manure produced by the cattle
What is a difference between a corn-fed steak and a grass-fed steak?
Corn-fed has twice the amount of protein as grass fed
There is no difference
Corn-fed tastes sweeter than grass-fed beef
Corn-fed has 9g of fat compared to 1.5g of fat in grass-fed
Which one of the below does not contain corn?
Soft drinks
Meat
Bread
Ketchup
None of the above
What are the 3 commercial uses of corn, as described by the documentary?
Ethanol, sweetener, animal feed
Lubricants, sweetener, animal feed
Ethanol, animal feed, fuel
Methanol, sweetener, animal feed
What does the Farm Service Agency provide to corn growers?
Guidance
Labor
Money
Testing
When was candy corn invented?
Last week
Halloween
October 30th
Late 1800s
Who invented candy corn?
George Johnson
George Renninger
George Wasington
Georgina Dushack
How many main ingredients are there in hand-made candy corn?
2
4
6
5
On average an ear of corn has:
800 kernels in 16 rows
200 kernels in 16 rows
500 kernels in 10 rows
7800 kernels in 12 rows
What is the only continent in the world that does NOT produce corn?
Antarctica
Africa
Europe
America
There are over __________ different uses for corn products.
3,500
250
2500
500
Juices and soft drinks like Coca-Cola and Pepsi contain corn sweeteners.
A bushel of corn can sweeten ____ cans of soft drink.
200
400
50
1500
As of 2012, the United States produces _____ of the world's total harvest, making it the biggest maize producer in the world.
50
75
30
45
Corn can be produced in various colors including ____________, white, and the most common - yellow.
Blue
Black
Purple
Red
all of the above
True or false?
The corncob (ear) is actually part of the corn plant’s flower.
True
False
The main ingredient in most dry pet food is:
Cotton
Corn
Wheat
Meat
Subtract 8−5=?
Subtract 8−3=?
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