WorksheetsScience of Bread Pop-Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 15mins
What ingredients MUST your bread contain?
1. flour
2. water
3. salt
4. yeast
1. flour
2. water
3. salt
4. bacteria
1. flour
2. milk
3. vanilla
4. yeast
Gluten is a mixture of two __________ and is responsible for the ________ quality of bread dough.
amino acids, stiffness
proteins, elastic
nitrogenous bases, off white
Which of the following molecules is NOT contained in bread
Glucose
Maltose
Carbon Dioxide
Aspartame
The role of SALT in bread is to:
Strengthen the gluten network
Prevent mold
Neutralize the flavor
Rising agent (causes bread to rise)
(a) sparks the fermentation process.
Yeast is a
fungus
bacteria
archaea
plant
A substance used by living organisms to produce/speed up biochemical reactions is called _______.
A catalase
A maltase
An enzyme
Fermentation is the process of sugars being broken down by ______ of microorganisms in the absence of ________.
Enzymes, glucose
fungus, carbon dioxide
Enzymes, oxygen
The role of yeast in bread making is to produce carbon dioxide.
True
False
Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins.
True
False
