Sugar hides, rice stays
Age 4 · Cooking
When you stir sugar into water, it melts away and you cannot see it anymore. Rice grains do not melt, so they sink and sit at the bottom of the glass.
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- A spoon of sugar stirred into lemonade disappears.
- Rice grains in a pot of water stay on the bottom until they are cooked.
Key takeaways
- Sugar dissolves in water and seems to disappear.
- Uncooked rice stays whole and sinks to the bottom.
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