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Unit 1 Test: Nutrition

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is it called when farmers use science to increase the food supply and grow top-quality food?

a)

A)Modern farming

b)

B)Agriculture

c)

C)Rotating crops

d)

D)Food processing

2.

What room is considered by many families to be the social center of the home?

a)

A)The living room

b)

B)The kitchen

c)

C)The back yard

d)

D)The study

3.

What is the term given to foods people turn to when they are stressed, troubled, bored or unhappy?

a)

A)Comfort foods

b)

B)Hospitality foods

c)

C)Haute cuisine

d)

D)Festival food

4.

What is leadership?

a)

A)Getting people to do what you say

b)

B)Doing someone else's work in addition to your own

c)

C)Talking to people while you work

d)

.D)The ability to guide or direct people.

5.

What is the word given to a set of customs, traditions, and beliefs shared by a large group of people?

a)

A)Religion

b)

B)Laws

c)

C)Customization

d)

D)Culture

6.

7What is a staple food?A)The most widely produced and eaten food in an area.

a)

A)The most widely produced and eaten food in an area.

b)

B)A food you taste for days after eating it

c)

C)A food you can carry with you

d)

D)A food that remains stable when cooked

7.

8 What is the biggest reason for changes in what and how people eat?

a)

A)Creativity

b)

B)Fusion cuisine

c)

C)Technology

d)

D)Staple foods

8.

9 What is the blending of cooking influences and techniques from different regions called?

a)

A)Creativity

b)

B)Fusion cuisine

c)

C)Technology

d)

D)Staple foods

9.

10 Which of the following is not a way that cultures absorb new foods?

a)

A)Travel

b)

B)Fasting

c)

C)Immigration

d)

D)Trade

10.

11 What type of consumers are cats, wolves, and hawks?

a)

A)Carnivores

b)

B)Herbivores

c)

C)Omnivores

d)

D)Decomposers

11.

12 Where are hydroponic crops usually grown?

a)

A)In back yardsB

b)

B)Mountain ranges

c)

C)Greenhouses

d)

D)Under water

12.

13 What might cured foods have a high amount of?

a)

A)Carbohydrates

b)

B)Vitamin C

c)

C)Fiber

d)

D)Sodium

13.

14 What is the name for something put into food to increase shelf life or maintain texture?

a)

A)Food additive

b)

B)Salt

c)

C)Flavoring

d)

D)Added sugar

14.

15 What percentage of the world's water is available for human needs?

a)

A)Less than one percent

b)

B)22 percent

c)

C)70 percent

d)

D)98 percent

15.

16 What are foods made to imitate other foods called?

a)

A)Analogs

b)

B)Imposters

c)

C)Food substitutes

d)

D)Fake foods

16.

17 Juice boxes are an example of what kind of packaging?

a)

A)Retort pouches

b)

B)Aseptic packages

c)

C)Shrink wrap

d)

D)Quick-freezing

17.

18 What is a genetic copy of an organism called?

a)

A)Fake

b)

B)Imitation

c)

C)Modified

d)

D)Clone

18.

19 What is adding vitamin D to milk an example of?

a)

A)Enrichment

b)

B)Fortification

c)

C)Duplication

d)

D)Ergonomics

19.

20 Easy-to-hold kitchen tools are an example of what science?

a)

A)Astronomy

b)

B)Food science

c)

C)Ergonomics

d)

D)Nutrition

20.

What is nutrition?

a)

A)Eating right all the time

b)

B)The amount of calories in a meal.

c)

C)The study of nutrients and how the body uses them

d)

D)Making good choices about what you eat.