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Science - Impossible Burger

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where do vegans get proteins from?

a)

From fruits, vegetables and sweets

b)

From nuts, seeds, beans and cereals

c)

From bread, pasta and cakes

d)

From the special drinks that they drink

2.

What are people impressed by when they hold an Impossible Burger?

a)

The colour and the aroma of the burger

b)

How juicy the burger is

c)

The colour of the burger

d)

The texture of the burger

3.

What is myoglobin and where can it be found in the body?

a)

An amino-acid that is able to bind oxygen. It is similar to haemoglobin, and is the main oxygen-carrying substance in muscle tissues

b)

A protein that is able to bind iron. It is similar to haemoglobin, and is the main iron-carrying substance in lymph tissues

c)

A protein that is able to bind oxygen and is similar to haemoglobin and is the main oxygen-carrying substance in the blood

d)

A protein that is able to bind oxygen. It is similar to haemoglobin, and is the main oxygen-carrying substance in muscle tissues

4.

What is heme?

a)

It is a complex molecule structure and it is necessary to bind oxygen in the blood

b)

It is not a protein, but found in myoglobin and is necessary for binding oxygen

c)

It is a protein and found in myoglobin and is necessary for binding oxygen

d)

It is an amino-acid and is found in the blood

5.

What is meant by "food supply"?

a)

It represents the food that is available for consumption in the world at a given time

b)

It represents the food that people eat in a day all over the world

c)

It represents the food that is being used by the food industry all over the world in a given day

d)

It represents the food that is being consumed and also wasted all over the world during a period of time

6.

What is iron?

a)

A chemical element that is found in water and blood, but it is also used in the food industry

b)

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

c)

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

d)

A compound element that is a common greyish-coloured metal. It is also the building block of the heart muscle.

7.

What is aroma?

a)

Aroma is associated to the amount of food or drink that is being produced

b)

Aroma is related to how soft drinks and fast food taste

c)

Aroma is associated with how food/drinks smell (often referred to pleasant smells)

d)

Aroma is associated with how the food industry rates the quality of food products

8.

What is sample?

a)

A small amount of something that shows you what it is like

b)

A huge amount of something that shows you what it is like

c)

It is the amount of burger that one can consume in a day

d)

It is the amount of burger that one can taste in a day

9.

What is the name of the company that produces the "meat" for the Impossible Burger?

a)

Impossible Diet

b)

Impossible Restaurant

c)

Impossible Meat

d)

Impossible Foods

10.

What gives the smell and the flavour that makes meat so compelling?

a)

The protein that carries the heme opens and catalyses reactions when meat is cooked.

b)

The amino-acid that carries the heme opens and catalyses reactions when meat is cooked

c)

The myoglobin that is cooked changes into aroma and flavour

d)

The myoglobin that is cooked releases iron and that is what you taste and smell

11.

Why does a vegetarian burger need to bleed?

a)

It is made for everyone, especially vegans

b)

It is made for meat-eaters

c)

Because it is made for vegetarians and vegans

d)

Because it is made only for vegans

12.

Where can you find leg hemoglobin?

a)

In the roots of soy plants

b)

In the flower of soy plants

c)

In the stem of soy plants

d)

In the leaves of soy plants

13.

Is leg hemoglobin safe?

a)

It is not safe

b)

It is safe

c)

The FDA says it is not safe

d)

It hasn't been decided yet

14.

In the video what does the the woman scientist say about what the gas chromatograph mass spectrometer does?

a)

It calculates the amount of flavour and smell in a sample of vegetables and meat

b)

It cooks samples of vegetables to find out what happens to them

c)

It cooks samples of meat to find out what happens to the meat at different temperatures

d)

It cooks meat and vegetables to find out what happens to them at different temperatures

15.

What are proteins?

a)

They are long-chain molecules built from small units known as amino acids necessary for the body to grow

b)

They are long-chain molecules built from enzymes and are necessary for the body to grow

c)

They are long-chain molecules built from cells and are necessary for the body to grow

d)

They are long-chain molecules built from RNA and are necessary for the body to grow

16.

Why don't vegetarian burgers have the same taste as ordinary burgers?

a)

Because they contain more sugar

b)

Because they are not cooked the same way

c)

Because they don't have heme in them

d)

Because they have additional compounds that change their flavour

17.

What does leg hemoglobin contain and what does it do?

a)

It contains amino-acids and carries oxygen around

b)

It contains proteins and carries oxygen around

c)

It contains myoglobin and carries oxygen around

d)

It contains heme and it carries oxygen around

18.

What gives texture to the meat?

a)

The myoglobin

b)

The proteins

c)

The amino-acids

d)

The heme

19.

What are the ingredients that are used in the meat in Impossible Burgers?

a)

Heme, wheat protein for structure and coconut to replace fat

b)

Myoglobin, leg hemoglobin, heme and water

c)

Myoglobin, beef samples, coconut to replace fat

d)

Heme, corn protein for structure and coconut to replace fat

20.

Does Impossible Foods use soy roots to make the Impossible Burger?

a)

No, they use yeast and heme form the soy flower

b)

No, they use yeast and heme from the soy leaves

c)

No, they use yeast and heme from the soy roots

d)

Yes, they use all the heme that is found in soy stem