WorksheetsHeat Transfer and Cooking Methods
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 22mins
Boiling Water
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Hot Air in a Toaster
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Microwaving Food
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Heat Lamps
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Which best explains why a wooden spoon can be used to stir hot soup on the stove?
Wood is a good conductor of heat and transfers energy to the spoon.
Wood is a poor conductor of heat and transfers energy to the spoon.
Wood is a good conductor of heat and does not allow the transfer of energy to the spoon.
Wood is a poor conductor of heat and does not allow the transfer of energy to the spoon.
Which shows an example of convection?
Jose cooks an egg in a pot of boiling water.
Clara burns her hand by touching a light bulb.
Lucy wraps herself in an electric blanket to keep warm.
Ben holds the end of a metal rod in a fire to cook hot dogs.
Which is an example of radiated heat for cooking?
cooking a pot of soup
scrambling eggs on the stove
grilling hot dogs over a campfire
frying hamburgers in a frying pan
Why does an ice cube melt when dropped into hot liquid?
The liquid absorbs heat from the ice.
Heat from the liquid transfers to the ice.
Heat from the ice transfers to the liquid.
Cold from the ice transfers into the liquid.
Which is the best example of conduction?
boiling a pot of water
feeling heat from a fireplace
a hot air balloon rising and falling
touching a hot handle and getting burned
Which best explains why metal is a good material to make frying pans?
Metal is a good conductor of heat and transfers heat from the stove to the food.
Metal is a good conductor of heat and does not transfer heat from the stove to the food.
Metal is a poor conductor of heat and transfers heat from the stove to the food.
Metal is a poor conductor of heat and does not transfer heat from the stove to the food.
Water ___________ when cooked
Melts
Coagulates
Evaporates
Gelatinizes
Fats ____________ when cooked
Gelatinize
Melt
Evaporate
Coagulate
Proteins ________________ when cooked
Evaporate
Coagulate
Melt
Carmelize
Starches ____________ when cooked
Caramelize
Melt
Evaporate
Gelatinize
Sugars _____________ when cooked
Caramelize
Melt
Coagulate
Gelatinize
Heat transfer that uses currents of hot air, steam, water, or fat to carry heat to the food
Convention
Convection
Radiation
Conduction
Heat transfer that uses a heated object to heat the food
Convection
Convention
Radiation
Conduction
Heat transfer that uses directed heat flow towards the food
Convention
Convection
Radiation
Conduction
Griddles or flat tops use what kind of heat transfer
Conduction
Radiation
Convection
Baking/ Roasting uses what type of heat transfer?
Conduction
Radiation
Convection
Deep frying uses which type of heat transfer?
Conduction
Radiation
Convection
Definition: To simmer a liquid until some of it evaporates thereby concentrating the flavors.
Boil
Bake
Reduce
Poach
Definition: To toss quickly in a pan with high heat and a little fat
Pan fry
Pan broil
Saute
Definition: Cooking food in rapidly bubbling water (big bubbles)
Simmer
Boil
Broil
Definition: To brown food whole first then cook covered in an oven with moisture added.
Broil
Braise
Stewing
Cooking kills ____________ in food making it safe to eat
Taste
Flavor
Nutrients
Bacteria
Choose method of cooking where we use water ?
Baking
Steaming
Roasting
Frying
Oil is taken in a frying pan and heated up. Name the process?
Roasting
Frying
Boiling
Steaming
What is BAKING?
Cooking food by hot air in an oven.
Food cooked quickly above a heat source in a skillet or on a metal grate.
Foods cooked by vapors from boiling water.
Cooking food quickly in a hot pan with little fat.
What is ROASTING?
Food that cooked by hot air, uncovered, usually in an oven. Similar to baking, but used to cook meats and vegetables.
To cook food in water that has reached its highest possible temperature of 212°F.
Food cooked quickly above a heat source in a skillet or on a metal grate.
Food cooked in fat
What is STEAMING?
Foods cooked by vapors from boiling water.
Food is fried in a small amount of oil at a high temperature, then covered for the last few minutes to steam the food.
Food cooked in an ungreased skillet
Cooking food by hot air in an oven.
Which is a type of cooking method?
dry heat methods
moist heat methods
combination methods
all of the above
Steaming is which type of cooking method?
dry heat method
moist heat method
combination method
What is the moist heat cooking method?
Food is cooked uncovered without adding any liquid or fat or cooked in dry heat in an oven
Food is cooked using a hot liquid, steam, or a combination of both.
Food cooked in fat
