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Food Science Chapters 1, 2, 19-24 Vocabulary

Total questions: 89

Worksheet time: 45mins

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Class
Date
1.

_____________ any substance the intended use of which results or may reasonably be expected to result (directly or indirectly) in its becoming a component or otherwise affecting the characteristics of any food.

a)

food additives

b)

food supplements

c)

enrichment

d)

nutrification

2.

_____________ any substance a food producer intentionally adds to a food for a specific purpose.

a)

food additives

b)

food supplements

c)

enrichment

d)

nutrification

3.

_____________ contains substances such as spices, natural seasonings, and flavorings that are considered safe for human consumption and not regulated as additives.

a)

food additives

b)

GRAS List

c)

enrichment

d)

nutrification

4.

What does the "GRAS" stand for in GRAS List?

a)

generally realizing a relation

b)

gelatin ribosome atom rip

c)

generally recognized as safe

d)

It's not an abbreviation

5.

What does the FDA stand for?

a)

Food & Drug Administration

b)

Fun Dog Association

c)

Federal Department of Agriculture

d)

Farming Directory Almanac

6.

__________ is adding nutrients that are not normally found in food.

Milk is fortified with vitamin D. Vitamin A is added to margarine, and vitamin C is added to many juice beverages.

a)

Fortification

b)

Restoration

c)

Enrichment

d)

Nutrification

7.

Nutrients that are lost in processing are returned to the food with the process called ____________.

a)

Fortification

b)

Restoration

c)

Enrichment

d)

Nutrification

8.

_________ involves adding nutrients lost in processing like restoration. However they add more nutrients that existed in the food before processing.

a)

Fortification

b)

Restoration

c)

Enrichment

d)

Nutrification

9.

_________ is a process that adds nutrients to a food with a low nutrient/calorie ratio so the food can replace a nutritionally balanced meal.

(Like nutrified bars or meal replacement shakes)

a)

Fortification

b)

Restoration

c)

Enrichment

d)

Nutrification

10.

Researchers recently discovered that folic acid is needed to prevent birth defects of the nervous system. Since getting the recommended amount of folic acid from food is difficult bread, pasta, & grain are now ________ with this B vitamin.

a)

Fortified

b)

Restored

c)

Enriched

d)

Nutrifide

11.

An enlargement of the thyroid gland cause by a lack of iodine.

a)

Goiter

b)

Gout

c)

Stabilizers

d)

cysts

12.

______ is a salt and an anti-oxidant that is used to cure meats like ham, bacon and hot dogs

a)

Sucralose

b)

Pepper

c)

Sodium Nitrite

d)

Sodium Chloride

13.

_______________ to ban food additives which are found to cause or induce cancer in humans or animals as indicated by testing.

a)

Brady Bill

b)

Smith Hughes Act

c)

Wildlife Protection Act

d)

Delaney Clause

14.

Commonly used for fermentation in the vinegar making process.

a)

Lactic Acid Bacteria

b)

Proteolytic Bacteria

c)

Pasteurization

d)

Acetic Acid Bacteria

15.

Found naturally in a particular environment.

a)

Anaerobic

b)

Pasteurization

c)

Microbes

d)

Indigenous

16.

A multistage process releases energy from glucose when the glucose molecule in the cell is taken apart.

a)

Microorganisms

b)

Brine pickling

c)

Cell respiration

d)

Pasteurization

17.

Process of using heat treatment to destroy bacteria.

a)

Acetic Acid Bacteria

b)

Cell respiration

c)

Microorganisms

d)

Pasteurization

18.

Single cells of microscopic size that cannot be seen by the human eye but can be studied through a microscope.

a)

Brine pickling

b)

Cell respiration

c)

Microorganisms

d)

Pasteurization

19.

Commonly used to ferment food in order to produce pickles, saurkrout, etc.

a)

Lactic Acid Bacteria

b)

Aerobic

c)

Proteolytic Bacteria

d)

Acetic Acid Bacteria

20.

Chemical reaction which must take place in the presence of air or oxygen

a)

Anaerobic

b)

Aerobic

c)

Lactic Acid Bacteria

d)

Microbes

21.

Respiration that occurs without oxygen.

a)

Proteolytic Bacteria

b)

Carbon-Dioxide Bacteria

c)

Anaerobic respiration

d)

Anaerobic

22.

Another name for microorganisms.

a)

Aerobic

b)

Indigenous

c)

Microbes

d)

Anaerobic

23.

Can occur in the absence of oxygen.

a)

Aerobic

b)

Microbes

c)

Anaerobic respiration

d)

Anaerobic

24.

A water and salt mixture that contains large amounts of salt.

a)

Brine

b)

Aerobic

c)

Anaerobic

d)

Microbes

25.

__________ is the process of using heat treatment to destroy bacteria

a)

Anaerobic Respiration

b)

Cell Respiration

c)

Pasteurization

d)

Acetic Acid Bacteria

26.

Many nuts, seeds, and grains have a hard coating that can't be digested. Through ____________________, these coatings can be broken down.

a)

Anaerobic Respiration

b)

Cell Respiration

c)

Pasteurization

d)

Mold Fermentation

27.

What is the chemical compound sodium bicarbonate?

a)

Baking Powder

b)

Salt

c)

Ammonia

d)

Baking Soda

28.

What is a leavening compound that contains baking soda?

a)

Baking Powder

b)

Salt

c)

Ammonia

d)

Baking Soda

29.

What baking powder releases CO2?

a)

Triple Acting

b)

Double Acting

c)

Single Acting

d)

No Acting

30.

What baking powder contains two acids?

a)

Triple Acting

b)

Double Acting

c)

Single Acting

d)

No Acting

31.

What is a biological reaction that slowly splits complex organic compounds into similar substances?

a)

Fermentation

b)

Fertilizing

c)

Yeast

d)

Production

32.

What are made with a nearly equal ration of flour to liquid?

a)

Hard Batters

b)

Soft Batters

c)

Pour Batters

d)

Smooth Batters

33.

What needs no time to rise?

a)

Leavened Cakes

b)

Quick Breads

c)

Quick Cakes

d)

Leavened Bread

34.

A biological reaction that slowly splits complex organic compounds into simpler substances

a)

Single Acting Baking Powder

b)

Double Acting Baking Powder

c)

Fermentation

d)

Pour Batter

35.

________ are made with nearly an equal ratio of flour to liquid, usually water.

a)

Single Acting Baking Powder

b)

Double Acting Baking Powder

c)

Fermentation

d)

Pour Batter

36.

________ of such consistency as to drop from a bowl or spoon without running usually made in a proportion of two parts flour to one part liquid

a)

Single Acting Baking Powder

b)

Double Acting Baking Powder

c)

Drop Batter

d)

Pour Batter

37.

The purpose of ________ any dough is to develop gluten, and incorporate micro bubbles into the mass of the dough which will inflate during proofing and baking.

a)

Kneading

b)

Flour

c)

Hard Dough

d)

Yeast

38.

________ produces carbon dioxide, which leavens many breads. If the gas production is poor the result will be disappointing.

a)

Kneading

b)

Flour

c)

Hard Dough

d)

Yeast

39.

A dense cluster of molecules or ions, often one phase of colloidal dispersion

a)

Unsaturated

b)

Stabilizer

c)

Saturated

d)

Aggregate

40.

The substance distributed in a colloidal dispersion

a)

Emulsifier

b)

Dispersed Phase

c)

Continuous Phase

d)

Colloidal Dispersion

41.

increase the concentration of (a solution) beyond saturation point.

a)

Unsaturated

b)

Super Saturation

c)

Continuous Phase

d)

Dispersed Phase

42.

A substance that prevents the breakdown of emulsions, especially in foods

a)

Stabilizer

b)

Saturated

c)

Emulsifier

d)

Aggregate

43.

A ratio of solute to solvent

a)

Tyndall Effect

b)

Unsaturated

c)

Mass Percent

d)

Phospholipid

44.

The ability to see the path of light as it passes through a colloidal dispersion.

a)

Homogenization

b)

Tyndall Effect

c)

Continuous Phase

d)

Dispersed Phase

45.

A solution that contains all the solute that can be dissolved at a given temperature.

a)

Aggregate

b)

Stabilizer

c)

Unsaturated

d)

Saturated

46.

Able to dissolve additional solute at a given temperature

a)

Unsaturated

b)

Phospholipid

c)

Saturated

d)

Super Saturation

47.

A mixture of two Liquids containing droplets that don't normally blend with each other.

a)

Saturated

b)

Aggregate

c)

Emulsion

d)

Emulsifier

48.

A substance composed of large molecules that are polar at one end and nonpolar at the other , allowing them to hold together molecules of different substances.

a)

Saturated

b)

Emulsion

c)

Stabilizer

d)

Emulsifier

49.

Breaking up and evenly distributing fat globules to stabilize a colloidal dispersion

a)

Super Saturation

b)

Homogenization

c)

Continuous Phase

d)

Tyndall Effect

50.

A naturally occurring emulsifier that is related to fats

a)

Unsaturated

b)

Stabilizer

c)

Phospholipid

d)

Mass Percent

51.

heterogeneous system which is made up of Dispersed phase and Dispersion medium.

a)

Colloidal Dispersion

b)

Tyndall Effect

c)

Permanent Emulsion

d)

Continuous Phase

52.

A colloidal dispersion in which immiscible phases are stabilized by an emulsifier

a)

Permanent Emulsion

b)

Tyndall Effect

c)

Continuous Phase

d)

Homogenization

53.

The substance that spreads and holds another substance in a colloidal dispersion

a)

Continuous Phase

b)

Emulsion

c)

Emulsifier

d)

Dispersed Phase

54.

Solution contains less solute than can be dissolved in it at a given temperature is called ____________?

a)

Saturated

b)

Unsaturated

c)

Mass Percent

d)

Surface Area

55.

A solution that contains all the solute that can be dissolved at a given temperature is call ____________?

a)

Saturated

b)

Unsaturated

c)

Mass Percent

d)

Surface Area

56.

___________ affects the loss of vitamins and minerals when cooking vegetables.

a)

Saturated

b)

Unsaturated

c)

Mass Percent

d)

Surface Area

57.

group or dense cluster of ions or molecules

a)

Aggregate

b)

Dispersed Phase

c)

Continuous Phase

d)

Surface Area

58.

a homogeneous blend of particles suspended in a liquid.

a)

Particle Dispersion

b)

Tyndall Effect

c)

Concentration

d)

Stability

59.

When a light beam passes through a colloidal dispersion, you can see the path of light. The dispersed particles are large enough to scatter, or deflect visible light. This is known as the __________.

a)

Particle Dispersion

b)

Tyndall Effect

c)

Concentration

d)

Stability

60.

The measure of the amount of a substance in a given unit of volume.

a)

Particle Dispersion

b)

Tyndall Effect

c)

Concentration

d)

Stability

61.

if you dissolve more solute in a heated solution and then cool it, what occurs?

a)

Crystalization

b)

liquid

c)

Persperation

d)

Gas

62.

Scientists improve agricultural products by enhancing or eliminating traits that a plant or animal inherits through

a)

Biotechnology

b)

chemistry

c)

radiation

d)

stabilizers

63.

Which of the following processes does matter and energy transfer between organisms and food?

a)

Food Preparation

b)

Food Science

c)

Food Chain

d)

Organic Chemistry

64.

A system wide approach which controls pests with nonchemical deterrents is called

a)

conventional farming.

b)

integrated pest management.

c)

composting.

d)

pesticide application management systems

65.

What do scientists enhance or eliminate in a plant or animal to improve agricultural products through biotechnology?

a)

sugar

b)

weight

c)

nutrition

d)

traits

66.

Which branch of science is MOST often used in food science?

a)

Biology

b)

Botany

c)

Physics

d)

Zoology

67.

Which BEST describes speeding up generational changes by altering the organism’s genetic material?

a)

Biodiversity

b)

Biotechnology

c)

Deductive reasoning

d)

Independent variable

68.

Which would be MOST responsible for monitoring processing to ensure standards are met?

a)

Advertising and marketing specialist

b)

Microbiologist

c)

Packaging expert

d)

Quality control specialist

69.

Which practice is central to sustainable agriculture?

a)

Eliminating animals from the diet

b)

Integrated pest management

c)

Producing enough food to allow for waste

d)

Relying on pesticides for the control of insects

70.

Food Science is a multi-disciplinary field involving chemistry, biochemistry, nutrition, microbiology and engineering

a)

Vitamins

b)

Nutrition

c)

Medicine

d)

Monitoring

71.

The __________ in chili peppers make them hot. Some research shows it may also interfere with cancer development.

a)

Stems

b)

Apex

c)

Leaves

d)

Capsaicin

72.

Which of the following nutrients contains the least calories per gram?

a)

Carbohydrate

b)

Fat

c)

Protein

d)

Alcohol

73.

A food preservation process whereby bacteria converts sugars to acids or alcohol that protects the food from spoilage is ________________.

a)

fermentation

b)

hydrocooling

c)

blanching

d)

pasteurization

74.

The casein clumps that separate from the liquid when milk coagulates

a)

Cream

b)

Curds

c)

Casein

d)

Whey

75.

To cause a solid substance to separate from a solution

a)

Fortification

b)

Inoculation

c)

Precipitate

d)

Milk Solids

76.

The protein found in the liquid that remains after fat and casein have been removed from milk

a)

Whey

b)

Curds

c)

Casein

d)

Creaming

77.

The addition of a nutrient to a food during processing as in adding vitamin D to milk

a)

Carrageenin

b)

Lactose intolerance

c)

Inoculation

d)

Fortification

78.

An aggregation or cluster of molecules often found in colloidal dispersions

a)

Micelles

b)

Milk Solids

c)

Curds

d)

Culture

79.

Adding the starter culture to milk during the fermentation process that produces different cultured milk products

a)

Carrageenin

b)

Inoculation

c)

Fortification

d)

Culture

80.

The inability to digest milk due to the the absence of the enzyme lactase in the intestines

a)

Carrageenin

b)

Culture

c)

Fortification

d)

Lactose intolerance

81.

The solid remaining when water is removed to make dry milk

a)

Fortification

b)

Milk Solids

c)

Micelles

d)

Precipitate

82.

The time a food can be stored before deteriorating

a)

Shelf Life

b)

Precipitate

c)

Milk Solids

d)

Incubation Period

83.

A protein that makes up about 80 percent of milk protein

a)

Cream

b)

Curds

c)

Creaming

d)

Casein

84.

The time need to bacteria to grow and ferment the milk during the process of culturing milk to make various products

a)

Incubation Period

b)

Inoculation

c)

Shelf Life

d)

Lactose intolerance

85.

A vegetable gum added to evaporated milk before processing to stabilize the casein proteins

a)

Carrageenin

b)

Creaming

c)

Fortification

d)

Inoculation

86.

Milk that is extra rich in emulsified fat droplets

a)

Curds

b)

Cream

c)

Casein

d)

Milk Solids

87.

A controlled bacteria population that is added to milk in order to start the fermentation process

a)

Creaming

b)

Culture

c)

Carrageenin

d)

Inoculation

88.

A process in which some of the fat droplets come together in larger clusters that rise and float to the top of the milk

a)

Casein

b)

Culture

c)

Carrageenin

d)

Creaming

89.

Cheese maturation or affinage, is a process in cheesemaking.

a)

Melted

b)

Cultured

c)

Brined

d)

Ripening