Teaching Vocabulary: Growing and Processing Bananas
Pesticide
A chemical used to kill pests that can damage banana plants
Bunch
A group of bananas growing together
Plantation
A large area of land where bananas are grown
Fertilizer
A substance added to the soil to help plants grow
Harvest
The act of collecting ripe bananas from the plants
Consumption
The act of eating or using something
Planting
The act of putting a plant into the ground
Packaging
The act of putting bananas into containers for transport
Banana plant
The plant on which bananas grow
Ripening
The process of bananas changing from green to yellow and becoming ripe
Processing
The various steps involved in turning bananas into products like banana chips or banana bread
Green bananas
Unripe bananas that are still green in color