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Cooking of Food and Heat Transfer

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

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1.

Food is cooked to make the following high risk foods safe to eat:

a)

Sausages, biscuits, fish, minced beef

b)

Chicken, red kidney beans, fish, minced beef

c)

Pork, runner beans, fish, minced beef

d)

Turkey burgers, biscuits, bread, cheese

2.

The following are all moist methods of cooking:

a)

Sauteing, simmering, steaming, stewing

b)

Braising, boiling, baking, barbequing

c)

Simmering, steaming, braising, stewing

d)

Braising, boiling, sauteing, stewing

3.

The method of heat transfer in roasting is:

a)

Conduction to convection

b)

Convection to Conduction

c)

Convection to Radiation

d)

Conduction to Radiation

4.

Moist cooking methods cause the following reaction in foods containing starch:

a)

Gelatinisation

b)

Dextrinisation

c)

Caramelisation

d)

Dehydration

5.

What is convection?

a)

Heat transfers through solid and liquid materials

b)

Heat travels through air or water

c)

Heat rays directly heat food

6.

What is conduction?

a)

Heat transfers through solid and liquid materials

b)

Heat travels through air or water

c)

Heat rays directly heat food

7.

What is radiation?

a)

Heat transfers through solid and liquid materials

b)

Heat travels through air or water

c)

Heat rays directly heat food

8.

Which best explains why a wooden spoon can be used to stir hot soup on the stove?

a)

Wood is a good conductor of heat and transfers energy to the spoon.

b)

Wood is a poor conductor of heat and transfers energy to the spoon.

c)

Wood is a good conductor of heat and does not allow the transfer of energy to the spoon.

d)

Wood is a poor conductor of heat and does not allow the transfer of energy to the spoon.

9.

Which best explains why metal is a good material to make frying pans?

a)

Metal is a good conductor of heat and transfers heat from the stove to the food.

b)

Metal is a good conductor of heat and does not transfer heat from the stove to the food.

c)

Metal is a poor conductor of heat and transfers heat from the stove to the food.

d)

Metal is a poor conductor of heat and does not transfer heat from the stove to the food.