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Identify which description applies best to whipped cream.A colloid of liquid cream suspended in airA colloid of air suspended in liquid creamA suspension of air suspended in raw milk

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Identify which description applies best to whipped cream.A colloid of liquid cream suspended in airA colloid of air suspended in liquid creamA suspension of air suspended in raw milk

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The description that applies best to whipped cream is "A colloid of air suspended in liquid cream".

Here's why:

  1. Whipped cream starts as liquid cream. When you whip it, you're forcing air bubbles into the cream.

  2. The fat in the cream helps to stabilize these air bubbles, creating a foam.

  3. This foam is a type of colloid, which is a mixture where tiny particles of one substance are dispersed, but not dissolved, within another substance.

  4. In this case, the tiny particles are air bubbles, and the substance they're dispersed in is the liquid cream.

So, whipped cream is a colloid of air suspended in liquid cream.

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