Vegetable

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/vegetable

1. What is a vegetable?
2. Why do tomatoes and cucumbers count as vegetables even though they are fruits?

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 a vegetable?A vegetable is any edible part of a plant that isn’t a fruit or seed. It can be a root, stem, leaf, flower, or bulb, like carrots, celery, spinach, broccoli, or onions.
2. Why do tomatoes and cucumbers count as vegetables even though they are fruits?In cooking we use tomatoes, cucumbers, and peppers in savory dishes, so we call them vegetables. Botanically they are fruits because they grow from a flower and have seeds.

Phytochemicals: Naturally occurring compounds in plants that may have health benefits for humans.
Neolithic Revolution: The period of significant agricultural development and the transition to settled farming societies.
Monoculture: The agricultural practice of growing a single crop species over a large area year after year.