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WorksheetsScience - Impossible Burger
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Where do vegans get proteins from?
From fruits, vegetables and sweets
From nuts, seeds, beans and cereals
From bread, pasta and cakes
From the special drinks that they drink
What are people impressed by when they hold an Impossible Burger?
The colour and the aroma of the burger
How juicy the burger is
The colour of the burger
The texture of the burger
What is myoglobin and where can it be found in the body?
An amino-acid that is able to bind oxygen. It is similar to haemoglobin, and is the main oxygen-carrying substance in muscle tissues
A protein that is able to bind iron. It is similar to haemoglobin, and is the main iron-carrying substance in lymph tissues
A protein that is able to bind oxygen and is similar to haemoglobin and is the main oxygen-carrying substance in the blood
A protein that is able to bind oxygen. It is similar to haemoglobin, and is the main oxygen-carrying substance in muscle tissues
What is heme?
It is a complex molecule structure and it is necessary to bind oxygen in the blood
It is not a protein, but found in myoglobin and is necessary for binding oxygen
It is a protein and found in myoglobin and is necessary for binding oxygen
It is an amino-acid and is found in the blood
What is meant by "food supply"?
It represents the food that is available for consumption in the world at a given time
It represents the food that people eat in a day all over the world
It represents the food that is being used by the food industry all over the world in a given day
It represents the food that is being consumed and also wasted all over the world during a period of time
What is iron?
A chemical element that is found in water and blood, but it is also used in the food industry
A chemical element that is a common greyish-coloured metal. It is strong, used in making steel, and exists in very small amounts in blood
A chemical element that is a common greyish-coloured metal. It is strong, used in making steel, and is present in huge amounts in the respiratory system
A compound element that is a common greyish-coloured metal. It is also the building block of the heart muscle.
What is aroma?
Aroma is associated to the amount of food or drink that is being produced
Aroma is related to how soft drinks and fast food taste
Aroma is associated with how food/drinks smell (often referred to pleasant smells)
Aroma is associated with how the food industry rates the quality of food products
What is sample?
A small amount of something that shows you what it is like
A huge amount of something that shows you what it is like
It is the amount of burger that one can consume in a day
It is the amount of burger that one can taste in a day
What is the name of the company that produces the "meat" for the Impossible Burger?
Impossible Diet
Impossible Restaurant
Impossible Meat
Impossible Foods
What gives the smell and the flavour that makes meat so compelling?
The protein that carries the heme opens and catalyses reactions when meat is cooked.
The amino-acid that carries the heme opens and catalyses reactions when meat is cooked
The myoglobin that is cooked changes into aroma and flavour
The myoglobin that is cooked releases iron and that is what you taste and smell
Why does a vegetarian burger need to bleed?
It is made for everyone, especially vegans
It is made for meat-eaters
Because it is made for vegetarians and vegans
Because it is made only for vegans
Where can you find leg hemoglobin?
In the roots of soy plants
In the flower of soy plants
In the stem of soy plants
In the leaves of soy plants
Is leg hemoglobin safe?
It is not safe
It is safe
The FDA says it is not safe
It hasn't been decided yet
In the video what does the the woman scientist say about what the gas chromatograph mass spectrometer does?
It calculates the amount of flavour and smell in a sample of vegetables and meat
It cooks samples of vegetables to find out what happens to them
It cooks samples of meat to find out what happens to the meat at different temperatures
It cooks meat and vegetables to find out what happens to them at different temperatures
What are proteins?
They are long-chain molecules built from small units known as amino acids necessary for the body to grow
They are long-chain molecules built from enzymes and are necessary for the body to grow
They are long-chain molecules built from cells and are necessary for the body to grow
They are long-chain molecules built from RNA and are necessary for the body to grow
Why don't vegetarian burgers have the same taste as ordinary burgers?
Because they contain more sugar
Because they are not cooked the same way
Because they don't have heme in them
Because they have additional compounds that change their flavour
What does leg hemoglobin contain and what does it do?
It contains amino-acids and carries oxygen around
It contains proteins and carries oxygen around
It contains myoglobin and carries oxygen around
It contains heme and it carries oxygen around
What gives texture to the meat?
The myoglobin
The proteins
The amino-acids
The heme
What are the ingredients that are used in the meat in Impossible Burgers?
Heme, wheat protein for structure and coconut to replace fat
Myoglobin, leg hemoglobin, heme and water
Myoglobin, beef samples, coconut to replace fat
Heme, corn protein for structure and coconut to replace fat
Does Impossible Foods use soy roots to make the Impossible Burger?
No, they use yeast and heme form the soy flower
No, they use yeast and heme from the soy leaves
No, they use yeast and heme from the soy roots
Yes, they use all the heme that is found in soy stem
