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RISING HIGH
MADISON DOWER | MRS. MCNEES | PERIOD 2
|SYRACUSE JR. HIGH
Statement of the Problem
What I found:
Leavening agents are used in batters to cause the food to rise.
In the presence of moisture, heat, acidity, or other triggers the
leavening agent reacts to produce gas. The gas is trapped and
makes bubbles which cause the food to rise.
Citation:
“Leavening Agents”. yrm.org. Yahweh’s Restoration Ministry.
Web. November 13, 2015
Research Continued
What I Found:
Baking soda is made up of sodium bicarbonate which is an alkaline
compound. This means that when it is mixed with an acid it produced
carbon dioxide. Baking Powder is similar to baking soda, it contains
sodium bicarbonate as well, and it also contains an acidic compound.
When mixed with water it creates the same reaction as Baking soda,
but since it has an acidic compound you would need more to make it
rise high. Yeast is the oldest of the leavening agents, and it is a live
organism. Since yeast is an organism it needs food, preferably sugar.
Yeast eats complex sugar and breaks them into simple sugars, the
simple sugars are converted into carbon dioxide which, in the oven,
makes bubbles and
Citation:
Willow Arlen. “Baking Soda, Baking Powder, and Yeast –Blowing Bubbles
In The Name of Science”. Will Cook For Friends. 2015. web. November
13, 2015
Hypothesis