Leaf it to Me
The shape of a maple leaf is defined by these distinct, finger-like projections that help identify different species.
What are lobes?
Maple sap primarily consists of this liquid.
What is water?
Which indigenous group was said to have discovered maple sap?
Who are the Iroquois?
It takes how many gallons of sap to produces 1 gallon of syrup?
What is 40 gallons sap to 1 gallon syrup?
The largest Maple syrup producing state in the U.S.
What is Vermont?
These to species of Maple are the top are the primary and secondary species tapped for maple syrup due to their high sugar content.
What are the Sugar Maple and Black Maple?
The process by which sap moves up and down the tree due to temperature fluctuations is called this.
What is the freeze-thaw cycle?
How did the Native American legend say maple syrup was discovered?
What is by throwing a tomahawk into a tree?
Maple syrup is graded on these two characteristics?
What are color and flavor?
The primary threat to maple trees due to climate change is this.
What is rising temperatures affecting sap flow?
The best time to tap a maple tree is during this seasonal transition when daytime temperatures rise above freezing, but nighttime temperatures drop below freezing.
What is winter to early spring?
The sugar in maple sap is primarily in this form.
What is sucrose?
In what century did European settlers get introduced to maple syrup by Native Americans?
What are the 1600s?
The process of removing water from sap to concentrate the sugars is called this.
What is evaporation?
Some modern maple syrup producers use these pipeline systems instead of buckets to collect sap more efficiently.
What are tubing and vacuum systems?
This process uses sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to produce sugar for the plant and oxygen.
What is photosynthesis?
Sugar production in trees occurs in this part of the plant after photosynthesis takes place?
What are the leaves?
Original equipment by indigenous people included the spile and the bucket made from what?
What are wood and bark?
This advancement in technology allows for speedy evaporation through a process called ________, where a pump forces sap through a series of filters.
What is reverse osmosis?
This new maple sap product shows global potential and takes away the hassle of evaporating all that sap!
What is maple water?
Maple trees can be identified in winter by looking at these structures, which contain next season’s leaf growth.
What are leaf buds?
These specialized, hollow transport tubes inside the tree move sap throughout the tree.
What are Xylem?
What did English settlers bring to maple syrup production?
What is an advancement in technology?(metal spiles, horse pulled carts then eventually tubing etc..)
This tool is used to measure the sugar content of maple syrup to ensure proper density.
What is a hydrometer?
One of the biggest environmental threats to maple trees comes from this invasive insect species.
What is the Asian Longhorned beetle?