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Food related causes of ill health - key terms

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Contaminate means

a)

Making a food unsafe to eat by allowing it to come into contact with microbes and chemicals that make it unfit to eat

b)

How microbes are spread from one place or food onto food, causing contamination.

c)

Using foods that cause allergy without listing them on the label

d)

Causing food poisoning by storing food in the incorrect containers

2.

Moulds are

a)

Tiny organisms related to mushrooms

b)

Another name for poisons

c)

Single celled fungi that cause fermentation

d)

Chemicals unsafe for food use

3.

Food spoilage is

a)

When food is unfit or unsafe to eat

b)

When food is beyond the best before date

c)

When food contains bacteria

d)

When food has been cross contaminated

4.

Bacteria that can cause illness in people are called

(a)  

5.

Micro-organisms that can contaminate foods include bacteria, (a)   , and moulds

6.

Most micro-organisms are spread onto food through (a)  

7.

The main cause of food poisoning are (a)  

8.

Another term for micro-organisms is?

a)

microbes

b)

miniscules

c)

yeasts

d)

viruses

9.

Yeasts make foods?

a)

ferment

b)

decay

c)

go stale

d)

change colour

10.

Toxins are another name for?

a)

Poisons

b)

Bacteria

c)

Yeasts

d)

Moulds