Scavenger Hunt: Cucumbers

Name ______________________

Date _______________________

Scavenger Hunt: Cucumbers

1. What is a cucumber?

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2. What kinds of cucumbers are grown in NC?

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3. Where are cucumbers grown in NC?

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4. Cucumbers were not always grown in NC. Where did the cucumber originate?

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How did the cucumber become a crop of NC?

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5. Name the two ways in which cucumbers are used.

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6. How has technology changed the cucumber industry?

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7. Why are cucumbers more popular today than ever?

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8. Why are farmers developing new varieties (kinds) of cucumbers?

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9. Where in NC are cucumbers grown?

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Where do they grow best and why?

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10. What are the best conditions for growing cucumbers?

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11. Why shouldn't cucumbers be planted in the same place each year?

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12. Why are cucumbers waxed after they are harvested?

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13. The grade given to cucumbers is based on what things?

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14. What are the grades for cucumbers?

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15. How to cucumbers get from the farm to your grocery store?

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16. Before modern transportation, how were cucumbers transported?

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17. Where do the cucumbers produced in NC go besides the NC grocery stores?

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18. Check the vocabulary words section. Who is a distributor?

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