3.4 Review

A grease fire starts in a pan on the stove top. You should immediately:

• Throw water on the fire

• Run out of the room

• Put salt, baking soda or a lid on the fire

• Call 911

The main reason that spills should be cleaned up immediately is because:

• Spills are harder to clean the longer they sit

• Somebody could slip and fall

• They look messy

• They make the kitchen smell funny

Dull knives are safer than sharp knives.

• True

• False

Saucepans and frying pans should be placed on the stove top with the handles facing:

• Inward

• Any which way. It doesn’t matter!

• Toward the person cooking

• Over a burner

How long should you wash your hands for?

• 10 seconds

• 15 seconds

• 20 seconds

• 60 seconds

When cutting food, your hand stabilizing the food should be:

• Splayed out

• Fingertips curled in

• Gripping it like a pencil

• Held between thumb or forefinger

Food should never be left out more than:

• 30 min

• 1 hour

• 2 hours

• 4 hours

To thaw frozen meat, you should:

• Defrost it in a tub of warm water

• Cook it frozen, it’s okay!

• Defrost it on a countertop

• Defrost it in the refrigerator

The temperature danger zone is between _______ degrees Fahrenheit and _______ degrees Fahrenheit.

• 50 and 100

• 30 and 130

• 40 and 140

• 100 and 200

What do we mean by the “temperature danger zone”?

• It is the temperature that you can burn food.

• It is the temperature that can cause food to spoil if left out too long.

• It is the temperature you can burn yourself.

• It is the temperature that can cause freezer burn.