All About Popcorn Article

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  1. 4. What happens to the hull as it pops?
  2. 7. scientific name for corn
  3. 9. What happens to corn once internal temperature reaches 400-600 degrees
  4. 10. most corn for popcorn is grown in the midwest, also known as the
  5. 11. means seed sprouting. Corn takes seven days in the soil and emerges on day 10
  6. 12. ____ within the kernel is how it is able to pop. Should be 14% for ideal popping corn.
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  1. 1. popcorn is a whole grain ____ product
  2. 2. ________, phosphate and potash are nutrients corn needs to grow
  3. 3. the living part of the seed, also known as embryo
  4. 5. What popcorn needs to pop
  5. 6. green ______ in the leaf contains water, which is combined with the carbon dioxide in the air, creating sugar.
  6. 8. Feathery ____ form at the top of the plant and produce pollen, which allows the corn cob to form