Sugaring Time

The first illustration best helps the reader understand which paragraph?

• Paragraph 2

• Paragraph 4

• Paragraph 5

• Paragraph 7

Read the chart.

1. Syrup makers tap trees

2. ​ ​ (a)  

3. Syrup makers collect sap in buckets.

• Syrup makers put spouts into drilled holes.
• Syrup makers store syrup in tanks.
• Syrup makers boil sap in large pots.
• Syrup makers pour sap into gathering tanks.

According to the Filtering section, why do syrup makers remove minerals from maple syrup?

• Minerals make the syrup grainy.

• Minerals change the syrups taste.

• Minerals change the syrup's color.

• Minerals stop the syrup from flowing.

Which section of the article contains information about the process of turning sap into syrup?

• Tapping the Trees

• In the Sugarhouse

• Filtering

• Color Grading

Which detail from the text best supports the main idea of the article?

• You probably like to eat syrup on your pancakes and waffles, right? (Paragraph 1)

• This usually happens in March, when Spring weather begins. (paragraph 3)

• When the buckets are full, they empty the sap into a gathering tank, which is taken to the sugarhouse. (Paragraph 7)

• When the days and nights stay warm, the tree leaves start to bud. (Paragraph 15)

Which sentence from the text best shows a cause-and-effect relationship?

• A tree needs sap to make leaves in spring and to stay healthy year round.

• When the sap is flowing up and down in the tree for many days, the syrup makers start collecting it.

• Sap flows inside the tree.

• Pure maple syrup is left behind.