Food for Today ©2010

Unit 1: Food in Your Life

Practice Quizzes

1
What is nutrition?
A)Eating right all the time.
B)The amount of calories in a meal.
C)The study of nutrients and how the body uses them.
D)Making good choices about what you eat.
2
What is it called when farmers use science to increase the food supply and grow top-quality food?
A)Modern farming
B)Agriculture
C)Rotating crops
D)Food processing
3
What room is considered by many families to be the social center of the home?
A)The living room
B)The kitchen
C)The back yard
D)The study
4
What is the term given to foods people turn to when they are stressed, troubled, bored or unhappy?
A)Comfort foods
B)Hospitality foods
C)Haute cuisine
D)Festival food
5
What is leadership?
A)Getting people to do what you say.
B)Doing someone else's work in addition to your own.
C)Talking to people while you work.
D)The ability to guide or direct people.
6
What is the word given to a set of customs, traditions, and beliefs shared by a large group of people?
A)Religion
B)Laws
C)Customization
D)Culture
7
What is a staple food?
A)The most widely produced and eaten food in an area.
B)A food you taste for days after eating it.
C)A food you can carry with you.
D)A food that remains stable when cooked
8
What is the biggest reason for changes in what and how people eat?
A)Creativity
B)Fusion cuisine
C)Technology
D)Staple foods
9
What is the blending of cooking influences and techniques from different regions called?
A)Creativity
B)Fusion cuisine
C)Technology
D)Staple foods
10
Which of the following is not a way that cultures absorb new foods?
A)Travel
B)Fasting
C)Immigration
D)Trade
11
What type of consumers are cats, wolves, and hawks?
A)Carnivores
B)Herbivores
C)Omnivores
D)Decomposers
12
Where are hydroponic crops usually grown?
A)In back yards
B)Mountain ranges
C)Greenhouses
D)Under water
13
What might cured foods have a high amount of?
A)Carbohydrates
B)Vitamin C
C)Fiber
D)Sodium
14
What is the name for something put into food to increase shelf life or maintain texture?
A)Food additive
B)Salt
C)Flavoring
D)Added sugar
15
What percentage of the world's water is available for human needs?
A)Less than one percent
B)22 percent
C)70 percent
D)98 percent
16
What are foods made to imitate other foods called?
A)Analogs
B)Imposters
C)Food substitutes
D)Fake foods
17
Juice boxes are an example of what kind of packaging?
A)Retort pouches
B)Aseptic packages
C)Shrink wrap
D)Quick-freezing
18
What is a genetic copy of an organism called?
A)Fake
B)Imitation
C)Modified
D)Clone
19
What is adding vitamin D to milk an example of?
A)Enrichment
B)Fortification
C)Duplication
D)Ergonomics
20
Easy-to-hold kitchen tools are an example of what science?
A)Astronomy
B)Food science
C)Ergonomics
D)Nutrition
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