Weather or Not
Sap begins to run when we have _____ nights and _____ days.
below freezing (cold)
above freezing (warm and sunny)
This tree substance is made into maple syrup?
Sap
When maple syrup is filtered, this is what is taken out.
Sugar sand (niter)
How many gallons of sugar maple sap does it take to make one gallon of syrup?
40 gallons
Maple syrup season is at its peek in this month in Michigan
March
A maple tree's seed is called a
Samara
Maple sap contains this percentage of sugar
2-3%
This percentage of the world's supply of maple syrup comes Canada
80%
This is the amount of pure maple syrup contained in most "name brand" (Mrs. Buttersworth, Eggo) table syrups.
0%
This items directs maple sap out of the tree and into a bucket
Spile or tap
A sugar maple must be at least ____ inches in diameter before it can be tapped.
10 inches at 4.5 feet above the ground
Maple syrups boils this many degrees above the boiling point of water.
7 degrees
212 degrees F for water
This is the percentage of sugar contained in pure maple syrup. Hint: Pure maple syrup is 33% water.
66-67%
A maple tree's stored starch reserves convert to ______ and are dissolved in the sap as spring approaches.
sugar or sucrose
Besides maple trees, syrup can be made from these other types of trees
To make maple sugar, heat maple syrup to approximately this many degrees above the boiling point of water, and then stir.
50 degrees above the boiling temperature of water
(give yourself a point if you're 5 degrees in either direction)