WONDER #1219: Why Is There So Much Foam in a Root Beer Float?
Question 1 of 3
Root beer gets its name from the fact that it was originally made from the root of which plant?
- sassafras
- sarsaparilla
- licorice
- ice cream
Question 2 of 3
Root beer floats foam up so much because what gas is released from the soda and then trapped by the fat molecules in the ice cream?
- oxygen
- nitrogen
- carbon dioxide
- nitrous oxide
Question 3 of 3
Root beer is believed to have been invented late in what century?
- 20th
- 21st
- 19th
- 18th
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