Kiyomi

High school (ages 12+)
Food & Cooking

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/kiyomi

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the scientific name?Citrus unshiu × sinensis
2. What is the originating country?Japan
3. How did Kiyomi become so sweet?Scientists carefully crossed a seedless mandarin called Miyagawa Wase mikan with a sweet orange, picking the best traits from each to make Kiyomi very sweet.
4. Why does Kiyomi have no seeds?The mandarin used to make Kiyomi is seedless, so the new fruit also grows without seeds.

Tangor: A hybrid citrus fruit resulting from the crossbreeding of a mandarin orange and a sweet orange.
Brix (°Bx): A unit of measurement for the sugar content in liquids, commonly used for fruits and juices.
Monogerm: A plant characteristic where each ovule typically contains only one seed, often important in breeding.
Hybridization: The process of creating a new organism by combining the genes of two different parent organisms.