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Expression of Ideas practice question

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: - Maple syrup is made from the sap of sugar maple trees. - In late winter, a tap is drilled into the trunk and sap drips into a bucket. - The sap is about 2% sugar. - It is boiled for hours until about 40 litres of sap become 1 litre of syrup.

The student wants to describe how maple syrup is made. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

  1. A. In late winter, sap is tapped from sugar maple trunks into buckets and then boiled for hours, reducing about 40 litres of sap to a single litre of syrup.Correct
  2. B. Maple syrup comes from sugar maple trees.
  3. C. Sap is about 2% sugar.
  4. D. Syrup is sweeter than sap.

Answer: A. In late winter, sap is tapped from sugar maple trunks into buckets and then boiled for hours, reducing about 40 litres of sap to a single litre of syrup.

Tapping, then boiling, with the reduction.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Maple syrup comes from sugar maple trees.
The source, not the process.
C. Sap is about 2% sugar.
One fact, no process.
D. Syrup is sweeter than sap.
Not from the notes and no process.

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