Acorn Word Search Puzzle Template With Answers (Page 2 of 2) in pdf

Acorn Word Search Puzzle Template With Answers Page 2

ACORN WORD

Acorns were an important food

source for Native Americans in

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V E R K B L L A F R

this region. Both the Shasta and

B U E B E A R L Z K T A

the Takelma people used

acorns. Black Oak acorns were

C L R M S O K D A N T T

preferred, but they also ate

acorns from White Oak. The

S A V A N N A H A C A R

acorns were collected, shelled,

R W W N P R I

T H E K O

and ground into flour using a

mortar and pestle. Acorns contain

U D H A C O R N L L E M

tanic acid, which is very bitter

and can make you sick if you eat

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G Q O R T D Y L U

it. To get rid of the tanic acid,

L C T E P A S R C I

M N

they processed the flour by

rinsing it in river water. The

F A E M J E T O I

P A O

flour would be dried and stored

for winter use or they boiled it

D C I

V P F L S D D P N

in a basket and ate it as

D I

W U M L I

U A O G C

porridge. They also used the

flour to make bread. The

A N S S E C O R P H O E

Native Americans used fire to

manage their acorn production.

E A I

C B A S K E T S F

By setting fire to the oak

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W Y U E

savannah, they decreased bug

populations and provided more

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U G E S N I

R W I

space for the oak trees to grow.

ACORN

BREAD

FIRE

Mortar and Pestle

FALL

GRIND

BASKET

MANAGE

COLLECT

PESTLE

FLOUR

RINSE

IMPORTANT

SHASTA

MORTAR

WHITE

PROCESS

PORRIDGE

RIVER

SAVANNAH

FOOD

TAKELMA

TANIC ACID

INDIAN

WINTER

OAK

BLACK

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