Worksheetsstaple foods
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 17mins
What is the most dominant staple food around the world?
Maize
Meat
Wheat
Rice
Corn belongs to which kind food group?
wheat
maize
root
Millet
What is the dominant staple food in China and India?
rice
maize
wheat
barley
How many people around the world rely on rice, wheat and maize as a staple food?
4 billion
4 million
4 trillion
4 hundred thousand
What is a staple food?
Foods that provide all of the required daily nutrients to sustain healthy living
foods that are the hardest access
foods that are rare in a country due to climate
foods that constitute a dominant portion of a diet
What factors change the types of staples consumed in some countries?
agriculture
food storage
transportation
all of the above
According to this map, which continent has most variety in food staples?
Asia
Africa
Europe
Australia
Beans are an important staple food because they contain both
fiber
carbs
protein
sugar
Which is the Fairtrade logo?
Which of these fruits is most likely to have a fairtrade logo on them?
Which of these drinks is not likely to have a fairtrade logo on it?
Drinking chocolate
Coffee
Milk
Tea
Which do you think are real reasons why people don't buy fairtrade products?
They can be more expensive
They don't want to help people
They think the supermarkets keep the extra money
They think the products are lower quality
Eggs act as an emulsifier in which of the following foods?
mayonnaise
angel food
meat loaf
breaded meat
When we refer to eggs as an 'emulsifier', what does that mean?
An egg can hold a fat and a liquid together without separating
When a fresh egg is heated, the shell membranes bond between the shell and whites
An egg can be prepared in as many ways as a chef's toque has pleat
The protein in the egg may 'curdle' when exposed to too high of heat
An accurate definition of Sustainability is
meeting population needs
meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to survive
meeting the needs of the future without worrying about todays
meeting the food needs of animals
The __________ industry generates nearly one-fifth of the man-made greenhouse gas emissions worldwide.
Meat
Dairy
Processed Food
Which of the following accounts for the largest portion of carbon footprint when it comes to food?
Processing
Transportation
Cooking
Waste disposal
If a food label says ‘organic’, what does it mean?
It contains no genetically modified organisms
It was produced using the best sustainable agricultural methods.
It is free of antibiotics, growth hormones and pesticides
All of the above
