Geography: Food Processing

Question 1

What do we ca?

Answer 1

Unprocessed food.

Question 2

What makes food rot?

Answer 2

Bacteria.

Question 3

:When does bacteria grow

Answer 3

At certain temperatures or when their is moisture in the air.

Question 4

Some of the ways we can make food last longer

Answer 4

Cook it.
Freeze it.
Add chemicals to destroy the bacteria.
Remove the air and moisture.

Question 5

Examples of processed food:

Answer 5

Jam, Dried Fruit

Question 6

Examples on unprocessed food:

Answer 6

Apples, Grapes, Carrots

Question 7

Describe the steps to process jam:

Answer 7

Pick the fruit
Clean, peel and chop the fruit
Pasturise it (almost boil), the cool to kill the bacteria
Mix in sugar and other chemicals to make it set
Cook the jam
Can it
Put on label on the can

Question 8

How can we stop potatoes from rotting?

Answer 8

Keep them cold.

Question 9

What are the four different groups of food?

Answer 9

Meat, vegetables, fruit, dairy products.

Question 10

Why do we process food?

Answer 10

So that it does not rot and is safe to eat.

Question 11

Two ways we can process food:

Answer 11

Adding chemicals or boiling it.

Question 12

True or False: Processed food comes in packaging, cans or bottles.

Answer 12

True.