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