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Food Science - Simple and Complex Carbohydrates

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What process converts energy from the sun into glucose?

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Ketosis

c)

Polysaccharides

d)

Hydrolysis

2.

What are the three categories of carbohydrates in food ingredients?

a)

sugars, cookies, cake

b)

sugars, starches, fibers

c)

sugars, disaccharides, fructose

3.

What elements make up all carbohydrates?

a)

Nickel, hydrogen, carbon

b)

Sodium, oxygen and hydrogen

c)

carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen

4.

Where does the body store glucose that is not needed as an immediate source of energy? There are 2 answers.

a)

Heart

b)

Muscles

c)

stomach

d)

stomach

e)

liver

5.

How does the body store glucose?

a)

It stores the glucose as glycogen.

b)

It stores the glucose as muscle

c)

It stores the glucose as extra intestines.

6.

What are granules?

a)

a polysaccharide made from b–D-glucose and cannot be digested by humans

b)

sugar acids that are made from sugar by plants

c)

packets of digestible amylose and amylopectin.

7.

Cellulose is what?

a)

a polysaccharide made from b–D-glucose and cannot be digested by humans.

b)

sugar acids that are made from sugar by plants.

c)

polysaccharides extracted from plants

8.

What are gums?

a)

polysaccharides extracted from plants

b)

sugar acids that are made from sugar by plants

c)

packets of digestible amylose and amylopectin.

9.

What are pectins?

a)

a polysaccharide made from b–D-glucose and cannot be digested by humans.

b)

sugar acids that are made from sugar by plants.

c)

polysaccharides extracted from plants

10.

What are slurries?

a)

Slurries thicken pourable liquids

b)

Slurries are uncooked mixtures of starch and water used in the processing and chemical alteration of starches.

c)

Slurries are ridged starch

11.

What do sols do?

a)

Change the color of the liquid

b)

thicken, pourable liquids.

c)

Make thick liquids thinner

12.

True or False

Pastes flow quickly

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Rigid starch and liquid mixtures are what?

a)

Gels

b)

Sols

c)

Slurries

14.

What can make a translucent sauce?

a)

paste

b)

Wheat flour

c)

Cornstarch

15.

What can make a opaque sauce?

a)

Potato scratch

b)

Arrowroot

c)

Wheat flour