Making Maple Syrup

Most of the World's Maple Syrup is made in...

• a) Quebec

• b) Ontario

• c) Canada

• d) A and C are both correct.

What time of year does sap flow into the buckets?

• wintertime

• springtime

• summertime

What is a tap?

• a gentle knock on a tree

• something that does into the tree and lets the sap drip out

• what is collected in buckets and made into syrup

When sap is boiled what happens?

• the sap starts to flow from the tree

• the sap gets sweeter

• the water in the sap evaporates, making it thick and sticky

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

What kind of trees does syrup come from?

• maple

• oak

• pine

What is sap?

• tree blood

• a sweet, sticky liquid inside some trees

• the bark on a maple tree

Who were the first people to make maple syrup?

• European settlers

• Indigenous people from North America

• First immigrants to Canada

Maple syrup ​ and ​ ​ (a)   were two important sources of sugar for early settlers and Indigonous people.

• Honey
• Ice Cream

Sap continues to run until ___________________.

• It stays warm all day and all night.

• It runs all year long and you can collect it at anytime.

• Sap only runs in the fall.

It takes approximately 40 gallons of sap to make ______ of syrup.

• 40 gallons

• 1 quart

• 40 quarts

• 1 gallon