WorksheetsWilliamstown High School Year 8 Cooking with a Trangia Stove
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What fuel does a trangia stove use?
Petrol
Methylated spirits
Water
Wood
Tick all the ways you can make water boil quicker on a trangia stove.
Add more fuel to the stove
Put a lid on the stove
Don't use more water than required
open the fuel tank lid fully
A Trangia stove is better for the environment because..
You take your own fuel with you so you don't destroy the local environment
Less chance of causing a bushfire
A Trangta stove heats quicker than a wood fire so you need less fuel to run it
All of the above
What can you add to your fuel to reduce the build up of soot on your bowl
Water
Petrol
Don't fill your fuel tank to full
Turpintine
The safety circle around your trangia should be what distance?
0.5m
1.0m
1.5m
2m
What is this part of the trangia used for?
Draining your pasta
Lighting your trangia
Adjusting the flame to adjust the heat
Slicing vegetables
Which of the following is NOT an important safety measure?
When moving saucepans and lids use only tongs (not hands)
Make sure your hair is tied up
Make sure you have no dangling clothing
Only cook things in boiling water
What safety measure must you take when using the methylated spirits?
If spilled on hands, make sure you wash them immediately
Keep the methylated spirits bottle next to the trangia in case you need more
Carry methylated spirits in any bottle, even a plain water bottle is fine
You can put methylated spirits in the brass burner, even if it still alight
When cooking with a trangia, which of the followng is not recommended?
Set your trangia up on flat ground
If it is really windy, cook in your tent so your trangia doesn't go out
Keep the area around your trangia clear and tidy
Place mugs on ground if pouring hot liquids from the saucepan into them
Why should you never use the screw cap on the brassburner to put out the flame?
The brass burner will be hot and you may burn your hands
It's hard to screw on while the flame is burning
It will melt the rubber O-ring and be unable to seal effectively
No reason, you can use it.
Name this part of the trangia stove
Water container
Wind barrier
Brass Burner
Saucepan
What are these parts of the trangia called?
Saucepans
Brassburners
Windshields
Adjustable burner top
Flame produced from methylated spirit is nearly invisible in daylight, so you may think its not lit. What is he safest way to check the burner is lit?
Touch the saucepan with your fingers
Carefully hold your hand 6-8 inches above the flame
Check how much fuel you have left
Try lighting a piece of paper
During cooking is it safe to refill my fuel tank so I can continue to cook
True
False
Which one of the following statements is correct
Fuel can be stored in a spare water bottle as long as it is waterproof
I can leave the food cooking while I go and shower
I can leave an empty pan on the stove to keep it hot in case i need to cook more food
I should wait for the stove to cool down before I pack it up
