Wheat Facts

1. Which type of flour is considered to be healthiest?

Refined flour

Whole wheat flour

Bleached flour

2. One bushel of wheat weighs about 60 pounds.

True

False

3. Which country bought 170 thousand metric tons of wheat from the U.S. in 2013/14?

China

Chile

Japan

4. Research studies show that people who eat whole wheat have:

Weight control problems

Slightly higher risk of diabetes

Less risk of getting cancer

5. Which type of wheat is recognized for its use in cookies and crackers in the U.S.?

Hard wheat

Durum wheat

Soft white wheat

6. Which landform enables Washington farmers to transport their wheat to market in the most efficient manner?

Puget Sound

Columbia River

Cascade Mountains

7. In what year did Washington wheat farmers generate $1.0 billion in revenue?

2012

2013

2014

8. Under which heading would you learn about Norman Borlaug, father of the Green Revolution?

Wheat goes to boot camp

Biotechnology and wheat

The importance of wheat

9. Which part of the wheat plant is where the seeds develop?

Crown

Stem

Head

10. Club wheat originated in South America.

True

False

11. About how long ago did humans begin to grind wheat between two rocks to produce flour?

About 6,000 years ago

About 2,000 years ago

About 10,000 years ago

12. Most of the Pacific Northwest's wheat is produced in Idaho.

True

False

13. How many total jobs in Washington depend on the state's wheat crop?

11,133

3,715

4,013

14. In which state is durum wheat mostly grown?

North Dakota

Washington

Oregon

15. How many people suffer from wheat allergies in the U.S.?

About 5 percent

About 1 percent

About 0.5 percent

16. Which of the following is a monthly magazine of the Washington Association of Wheat Growers?

Washington Wheat Foundation

Wheat Life

Wheat Foods Council

17. Check the countries that are NOT top-ten wheat producers.

France

Canada

United States

Iran

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18. How much did U.S. farmers earn per bushel in 2013?

$7.77

$17.13

$43.55

19. How many countries around the world depend on wheat produced in America?

40

202

67

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Wheat Facts

1. Which type of flour is considered to be healthiest?

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. One bushel of wheat weighs about 60 pounds.

3. Which country bought 170 thousand metric tons of wheat from the U.S. in 2013/14?

4. Research studies show that people who eat whole wheat have:

5. Which type of wheat is recognized for its use in cookies and crackers in the U.S.?

6. Which landform enables Washington farmers to transport their wheat to market in the most efficient manner?

7. In what year did Washington wheat farmers generate $1.0 billion in revenue?

8. Under which heading would you learn about Norman Borlaug, father of the Green Revolution?

9. Which part of the wheat plant is where the seeds develop?

10. Club wheat originated in South America.

11. About how long ago did humans begin to grind wheat between two rocks to produce flour?

12. Most of the Pacific Northwest's wheat is produced in Idaho.

13. How many total jobs in Washington depend on the state's wheat crop?

14. In which state is durum wheat mostly grown?

15. How many people suffer from wheat allergies in the U.S.?

16. Which of the following is a monthly magazine of the Washington Association of Wheat Growers?

17. Check the countries that are NOT top-ten wheat producers.

18. How much did U.S. farmers earn per bushel in 2013?

19. How many countries around the world depend on wheat produced in America?

20. Name the three parts of a wheat kernel.