WONDER #20: What Makes Popcorn Pop?

Question 1 of 3

Aztec Indians told legends claiming what was inside kernels of popcorn?

  1. tiny demons
  2. rattlesnakes
  3. TNT
  4. salamanders

Question 2 of 3

Inside each kernel of popcorn is a tiny droplet of water surrounded by a hard shell called a what?

  1. shell
  2. hull
  3. kernel
  4. droplet

Question 3 of 3

Popcorn has been around for how long?

  1. decades
  2. hundreds of years
  3. thousands of years
  4. billions of years

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