A Lovely Bunch of Coconut Facts

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

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

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

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

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

8. According to Dr. Mary Enig, coconuts contain what acid that is beneficial to the human body? omega 3 fatty acid folic acid lauric acid lactic 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? Dwight Eisenhower John F. Kennedy Harry S Truman Herbert Hoover

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