Food Preservation

Which food preservation method is shown in the picture?

• refrigerate

• freeze

• jam

• pickle

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Name the technique used for preservation of food.

• smoked

• dehydrate

• airtight container

• salt

Which method is used here to preserve meat?

• freeze

• salt

• pickle

• dehydrate and salt

What preserves the food by lowering water content?

• refrigeration
• irridation
• dehydration
• cellopane

Lowering the temperature to slow the activity of microorganisms

• Canning

• Irridiation

• Pasteurizing

• Refrigeration

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is primarily responsible for the spoilage of food ?

• Animals

• Microbes

• Breed of animal or plant

• Temperature

A method of food preservation that involves removing the moisture from a food product - microbes require moisture to function

• Pasteurization

• Irradiation

• Dehydration

• Fermentation

Placing foods in acidic solutions like vinegar to prevent growth of spoilage organisms

• Pickling

• Paraffin

• Fermentation

• Drying

What preserves the food by lowering water content?

• Refrigeration

• Irradiation

• Pickling

• Salting

Why is dehydration a good way of preserving food?

• Bacteria cannot survive in low moisture conditions

• Drying food destroys the enzymes that cause food to go brown

• Drying food make it hard so it lasts longer