Test 3 random

Question 1

Potato, origin and historic Famine

Answer 1

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Question 2

Sweet Potatoe

Answer 2

Ipomoea batatas
native to South America
it produces white flowers
has storage roots
high in starches and sugar
a perrenial crop in the tropics(you can harvest year after year)
In Temperate regions its grown annually
China is the leading producer

Question 3

True Yams

Answer 3

genus:  dios korea
a group of tropical plants
grown in Acadiana
it is worldwide
enormous underground tubers
popular in Southeast Asia
Regarded in high asteem in New Guinea

Question 4

Tubers

Answer 4

stems of yams

Question 5

Tapioca

Answer 5

used as a thickening agent in our cooking
1/3 of everything that is made in Africa comes from it
A perrinial plant
Makes enormous underground roots made of 99% starch
It thrives under the most adverse conditions

Question 6

Saccarum

Answer 6

sugar cane
a giant perrinial grass
native to New Guinea

the process to extracting sugar has been known for 1000s of years
Columbus brought it to the Carribean
We only harvest the crop for 3 consecutive years
the first year is the highest amount of sugar
the third year is the lowest amount of sugar
Diesal fuel is sprayed onto it
its burnt to remove the foliage from the starks
its burnt to reduce the amount of water in the stark and concentrate the sugar

Question 7

Sugar Cane machine

Answer 7

In Thibideaux LA,
goes through the field and cuts the stalk
so they dont have to burn it