A Lovely Bunch of Coconut Facts

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1. A coconut is considered to be which of the following? flower seed fruit nut

2. Baylor University researchers have developed a way to use coconut husks to produce which of the following? furniture paper clothing automobile parts

3. What is the name of the sugar made from the sap and nectar of coconut trees? date sugar palm sugar coco sugar nectar sugar

4. What is the scientific name of the coconut? cocos indica cocos nucifera cocos arecales cocos nutius

5. In the United States, coconut palms can be successfully grown outside in only two states. What are they? Hawaii and California Hawaii and southern Florida California and Alabama Georgia and southern Florida

6. Which of the following is not a pest of the coconut palm? coconut leaf caterpillar coconut mite coconut spider red palm weevil

7. Dr. Mary Enig, who has studied the health-related benefits of coconuts, has labeled coconuts as what kind of food? formula food foundational food functional food formational food

8. According to Dr. Mary Enig, coconuts contain what acid that is beneficial to the human body? folic acid omega 3 fatty acid lactic acid lauric acid

9. Which former US president kept a coconut shell on his desk as a reminder of a harrowing incident while in the Navy during World War II? Herbert Hoover Dwight Eisenhower John F. Kennedy Harry S Truman

10. What term refers to the dried meat of the coconut seed? palmono coco copra toddy