Food Engineering Quiz

What is the primary focus of Packaging Engineering?

• Creating new food recipes

• Designing transportation routes

• Packaging & Shipping

• Developing marketing campaigns

What is the correct equation for finding Pressure?

• Pressure = Area/Force

• Pressure = Force/Area

• Pressure = Area * Force

• Pressure = Area*Area

Select all that apply: What are the top considerations when packaging and shipping a food?

• Material

• Time

• Climate

• Damage

• Contamination

If 18.0 Pascals of pressure are applied to a marshmallow in a compression testing machine and the marshmallow has a top surface area of 0.25m2, how much force is being applied to the marshmallow?

Mathematical Equivalence

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The force on your pringle package is 25 pounds, and the surface area is 0.5 squared inches. What is the pressure on your pringle package?

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

What is the purpose of a trade organization?

• A group within an industry that helps others improve their business

• A company that assesses and corrects operations that lead to contamination

• A company that works in packaging to design a package that will protect the food

• A company that you can hire to see your factory to fix the design

What is true about a Trade Organization?

• They make a lot of money

• They are non-profit

• They work in food

• They design packages

Drag and drop the answers into the correct category:

Groups:

(a) Organic Materials

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(b) Synthetic Materials

• Bad for the environment

• Low Cost

• Chemically made

• Naturally occuring

• Better for the environment

• High cost

Drag the units into the correct category:

Groups:

(a) Metric

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(b) English

• Newtons

• Meters²

• Pascals

• Pounds

• PSI

• Inches²

What happens to pressure when a force is applied to a smaller surface area?

• The pressure increases

• The pressure decreases

• The pressure stays the same

• The balloon pops