Food Science Midterm- Fall 2024

The independent variable is part of which step of the scientific method?

• Observation / question
• Experiment
• Conclusion

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The ________ serves as the COMPARISON

• Independent variable
• Dependent variable
• Control

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

A chocolate chip cookie's flavor would be an example of which type of data?

• Quantitative
• Qualitative

The temperature of a chocolate chip cookie after taking it out of the oven would be an example of which type of data?

• Quantitative
• Qualitative

A person who cannot distinguish flavors would be said to be

• Taste averse
• Non-taster
• Taste blind

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Foods generally cook by multiple types of heat transfer at the same time.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Increasing a food's surface area decreases cooking time.

• True
• False

Methods of heat transfer are alike in that all ____.

• are equally suitable for every food
• transfer energy from a hotter substance to a cooler one
• use the same medium to transfer heat

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

When heat is applied to a substance, its molecules ___.

• tumble and flow past each other
• move more quickly
• move apart until they no longer touch

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Why is it important not to have melted the butter when making chocolate chip cookies?

• Melting the butter takes too much time.
• Melting the butter removes energy from the system
• Having the ingredients in the correct state of matter controlled the rate of chemical reactions.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5