Chapter 1
The daily dance of heliotropism
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Chapter 2
The internal clock and growth hormones
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Chapter 3
Why follow the sun
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Chapter 4
The global journey of the sunflower
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YOUR GOAL
Master of How sunflowers follow the sun
Ch 4 · The global journey of the sunflower
Fun Fact
Nuclear cleanup crews: Sunflowers were planted at Chernobyl to pull radioactive toxins out of the soil and water through their roots.
Glossary
sunflower (noun)
A tall North American plant of the daisy family, with very large golden yellow flowers that yield edible seeds and oil. Spanish explorers first brought the plant from North America to Europe in the sixteenth century.
A tall North American plant of the daisy family, with very large golden yellow flowers that yield edible seeds and oil. Spanish explorers first brought the plant from North America to Europe in the sixteenth century.
Quiz
What did Europeans originally use sunflowers for when they first arrived in Spain?