Lesson APSR:E7-3
Exploring the Production of Sunflowers, Canola, and Peanuts as Oil Crops
 
CD APSR.  Animal, Plant & Soil Science
Unit E.  Plant Science
Problem Area 7.  Producing Oil Crops
Lesson 3.  Exploring the Production of Sunflowers, Canola, and Peanuts as Oil Crops
 
 

1. _____________ are considered to be healthy fats.

a. Hydrogenated oils

b. Polyunsaturated fats

c. Saturated fats

d. Trans fats

Answer: b

2. Which country leads the world in sunflower production?

a. Canada

b. Mexico

c. The Russian Federation

d. The United States

Answer: c

3. Which type of sunflowers produce black-and-white-striped seeds used for a variety of food products, including snacks and breads?

a. confection

b. Maximillian

c. Mexican

d. oilseed

Answer: a

4. What is a practice that involves cutting the crop while it is green and laying it on the ground?

a. curing

b. lodging

c. swathing

d. tedding

Answer: c

5. What is unusual about peanuts?

a. After fertilization, a peg elongates and grows downward and into the soil to a depth of 1 to 2 inches where pods form.

b. Peanuts are self-pollinated, unlike nearly all the other oil crops.

c. Peanuts are the only angiosperms under cultivation that undergo a single fertilization rather than two.

d. The plant roots send up floral stalks which are fertilized and retract into the ground for seed development.

Answer: a