FOOD AND NUTRITION GCSE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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What is cross contamination?
Answers :Bacteria is spread between food, surfaces, and equipment
How do you prevent cross contamination?
Answers :- Wash hands after handling raw meat/ generally
- Keeping utensils/ surfaces sterilised
- Using the correct card when preparing foods
What is a pathogen?
Answers :A microorganism that causes diseases like E-Coli and salmonella
What is bacteria?
Answers :Bacteria are one-celled living organisms so small that they can be seen
only with a microscope
Can bacteria be beneficial? When?
Answers :Yes. In processes like fermentation
What is a microorganism?
Answers :a microscopic organism, especially a bacterium, virus, or fungus.
What is required for bacterial growth? Acronym:
Won't most think of food
,Answers :Moisture, warmth, time, food
(Oxygen, pH7)
When can viruses reproduce?
Answers :inside a living cell
Where can viruses be found?
Answers :everywhere
What is binary fission?
Answers :asexual reproduction in bacteria
What is food poisoning?
Answers :An illness caused by eating food that has been contaminated with
harmful bacteria
What kind of food is prepared on a red board?
Answers :raw meat
What kind of food is prepared on a blue board?
Answers :raw fish
What kind of food is prepared on a green board?
Answers :vegetables
What is the optimum temperature for bacterial growth? Why?
, Answers :37 degrees - Body temperature
What is the range for the danger zone?
Answers :5-60 degrees
Thermometer, annotated: MEMORISE
Answers :
What is fibre?
Answers :a type of carbohydrate found in plant based foods
What is dietary fibre?
Answers :Food we struggle to digest (primarily cellulose)
What is another word for dietary fibre?
Answers :Non-starch polysaccharide - NSP
What does dietary fibre do?
Answers :- Keeps the bowl healthy
- Prevents constipation and haemorrhoids
- Prevents bowl cancer
- Keeps you full for longer - good for weight management
What do we need carbohydrates for? Where are they found?
ELABORATIONS!!
What is cross contamination?
Answers :Bacteria is spread between food, surfaces, and equipment
How do you prevent cross contamination?
Answers :- Wash hands after handling raw meat/ generally
- Keeping utensils/ surfaces sterilised
- Using the correct card when preparing foods
What is a pathogen?
Answers :A microorganism that causes diseases like E-Coli and salmonella
What is bacteria?
Answers :Bacteria are one-celled living organisms so small that they can be seen
only with a microscope
Can bacteria be beneficial? When?
Answers :Yes. In processes like fermentation
What is a microorganism?
Answers :a microscopic organism, especially a bacterium, virus, or fungus.
What is required for bacterial growth? Acronym:
Won't most think of food
,Answers :Moisture, warmth, time, food
(Oxygen, pH7)
When can viruses reproduce?
Answers :inside a living cell
Where can viruses be found?
Answers :everywhere
What is binary fission?
Answers :asexual reproduction in bacteria
What is food poisoning?
Answers :An illness caused by eating food that has been contaminated with
harmful bacteria
What kind of food is prepared on a red board?
Answers :raw meat
What kind of food is prepared on a blue board?
Answers :raw fish
What kind of food is prepared on a green board?
Answers :vegetables
What is the optimum temperature for bacterial growth? Why?
, Answers :37 degrees - Body temperature
What is the range for the danger zone?
Answers :5-60 degrees
Thermometer, annotated: MEMORISE
Answers :
What is fibre?
Answers :a type of carbohydrate found in plant based foods
What is dietary fibre?
Answers :Food we struggle to digest (primarily cellulose)
What is another word for dietary fibre?
Answers :Non-starch polysaccharide - NSP
What does dietary fibre do?
Answers :- Keeps the bowl healthy
- Prevents constipation and haemorrhoids
- Prevents bowl cancer
- Keeps you full for longer - good for weight management
What do we need carbohydrates for? Where are they found?
