Lets learn more about different types of food - Part 18 Tomatoes - Information and questions for kids

in #steemiteducation5 years ago (edited)

Do you like tomatoes?  Do you like it on a sandwich or in food?  Maybe you like to eat it like you would eat an apple.  Not all people like tomatoes, but this is a very healthy fruit.  

Yes, you read it right, tomatoes are fruits and not vegetables like some people think.  Although a tomato is technically a fruit, we use it like we would use vegetables to cook with.  You can read more about it here.

Tomatoes are the fruit of the tomato plant. They originated in the South American Andes around the area of modern day Peru and was first used as a food by the Aztec's in Southern Mexico. 

Tomatoes grow in areas with a moderate climate, which means it is not too cold or too hot.  If you want to grow tomatoes in an area where it is very cold, you will have to plant them either indoors or in a green house.

What is a greenhouse and why do plants grow so well in one?

  1. What is a greenhouse?
  2. Why do they use glass to build this house?
  3. Which colour absorbs the most heat?
  4. What does it mean that 'glass is an insulator'?

Most of the tomatoes of the world is produced in China and then in the USA and India.  Most tomatoes are red. but there are also other varieties that are green, yellow, pink, brown, white and even purple.  There are more than 7500 varieties of tomatoes across the world.

There are a few uses of tomatoes like put it on a sandwich, make tomato juice or sauce, use it in some dishes you cook or in a salad.  

Tomatoes are very healthy.

  1. Why can tomatoes help to prevent cancer?
  2. What is 'cardiac health'?
  3. How do eating tomatoes help with your blood pressure?
  4. Name a few factors that can damage your skin.
  5. What does it mean if someone is suffering from depression?
Cooked tomatoes are actually better for you than raw ones, as more beneficial chemicals are released. Tomatoes are also packed with vitamins A and C, calcium, potassium. 

The Italians like tomatoes a lot, because they are a key ingredient in pastas and pizza sauce.  Now that you know that tomatoes are use in different ways, which is your favourite way to eat tomatoes?

The heaviest tomato grown in the USA weighed more than 3.5 kg - that is huge.

Watch the video and listen to the story for fun.  Once you are done, re-tell the story in your own words.

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