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Leavening agents

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Yeast is a leavening agent that is ...

a)

alive

b)

dead

c)

powdery chemical

2.

Baking soda is a leavening agent that is ...

a)

alive

b)

dead

c)

a chemical

3.

Baking powder is a leavening agent that is ...

a)

alive

b)

dead

c)

a chemical powder

4.

Leavening agents react with other ingredients in a recipe that creates what gas?

a)

oxygen

b)

nitrogen

c)

carbon dioxide

5.

Leavening agents are "bases" that react with "acid" type ingredients to give breads, cookies, etc, "lift" when they bake.

a)

true

b)

false

6.

What do you have to mix with yeast to make it come alive and give baked goods lift?

a)

warm water

b)

cold water

c)

boiling water

7.

What ingredient do you add to bread dough to "feed" the yeast?

a)

sugar

b)

milk

c)

salt

8.

Why don't you use yeast to make a birthday cake?

a)

It takes longer for yeast to rise and lift cake batter

b)

It takes yeast to little time to lift cake batter

c)

Yeast doesn't taste good in cakes

9.

Why is yeast used to leaven bread dough and baking soda and powder used for cookies and cakes?

a)

Cookies and cakes don't bake long enough for yeast to work

b)

Cookie and cake batter are too dense, bread dough is very thin

c)

Yeast is used in bread dough because it very dense, baking soda and powder is used in cookies & cakes because they are less dense

10.

Yeast uses a biological reaction and baking soda and powder uses a chemical reaction to make carbon dioxide.

a)

true

b)

false

11.

When you use yeast as a leavening agent, most of the "rising" happens ...

a)

Before baking

b)

During baking

c)

After baking

12.

When you use baking soda and powder as a leavening agent, the "rising" happens ...

a)

Before baking

b)

During baking

c)

After baking