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Peanut pods are dry and hard. People remove them to get to the seeds inside. The seeds are covered in a seed coat. The seed coat is thin and papery.

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Diggers harvest peanuts in three steps. First they cut the plants from the roots. Then the plants follow a belt. The belt shakes to get the dirt off the plants. Finally, they fall through rods on wheels. The rods flip the plants over.

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Making Connections

Text-to-Self

Peanut butter and jelly is a popular kind of sandwich. What is your favorite sandwich?

Text-to-Text

What other kinds of foods have you read about that grow in pods? How are they similar to or different from peanuts?

Text-to-World

Peanuts grow in warm climates. What other kinds of plants grow in warm climates?

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