What’s the Big Peel??

The Truth About Bananas

Words to Know

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• The banana is a berry.

TRUE ? FALSE?

TRUE!You may be surprised to learn

that bananas are berries. Berries are simple fruit having a

skin surrounding one or more seeds in a fleshy pulp.

• Bananas grow on trees.

TRUE? FALSE?

FALSE!Bananas grow on a tropical plant

that is not a tree– it has no trunk.

• Pound for pound, bananas are the most widely sold fruit in the

Unites States.

TRUE? FALSE?

• TRUE!• Bananas are the most

important of all commercial fruits, close to the combined production of all citrus fruits.

• Bananas are highly nutritious and

easily digestible.

TRUE? FALSE?

TRUE!A banana is one of the most easily digested foods and has

about 125-130 calories.

How much of the banana is edible?

If the whole banana is 100%,And we subtract the skin,What percentage is left?How much pulp is there?

Make your guess now.

You will:

Compare the mass of different parts of the banana.

Find the percentage of the banana that is edible.Graph your results.

Draw conclusions from the results.

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What percentage of your bananais edible?

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Did all the groups have the same results?

Explain how you know.

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What surprises, if any, did you find in the masses of the edible

parts and the peeling?

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Why would it be important to know which part of the banana

is edible?

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Why would it be important to know what part of the banana

is edible?

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What factors do you thinkmight affect the percentage of

a banana that is edible?