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

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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

• Naturally occuring

• Better for the environment

• High cost

• Low Cost

• Chemically made

Drag the units into the correct category:

Groups:

(a) Metric

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(b) English

• Pounds

• Newtons

• Meters²

• PSI

• Pascals

• 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