What type of impact affects one person or a small number of people?
Personal
100
Who found new uses for traditional foods such as peanuts?
George Washington Carver
100
What should you do with solid waste?
Throw it in the garbage
200
A mother making instant mashed potatoes for her children. What area of food science is this?
Food Preparation
200
Organisms in which the genetic material (DNA) has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally are called...
genetically modified organisms (GMO)
200
The FDA and USDA provide regulations for food safety, what type of impact is this?
Social
200
Who wrote the first Cookbook?
Fannie Farmer
200
What are TWO apparel hazards when performing labs?
baggy clothing, long hair, open-toed shoes
300
Using potatoes to make potato plates. What area of food science is this?
Food Use
300
What is one way that biotechnology can help reduce the use of pesticides?
Create crops that are insect resistant.
300
How would better preservation and distribution of products affect society?
Areas with food shortages and limited food would be able to receive aid from other countries.
300
What did Sir Francis Bacon do for food science?
Expanded the idea of preservation by freezing.
300
What is the rule about eating during a lab?
Do not eat anything unless given permission by the teacher.
400
Random samples of ice cream are tasted to test for quality. What area of food science is this?
Food Evaluation
400
Name one way that biotechnology can improve food for third world countries.
1. Add specific nutrients to the food that they can grow.
2. Create food that is resistant to environmental stressors such as drought
400
What type of impact would insect resistant plants have and WHY?
Environmental - because there would be less use of pesticides which would benefit the animal populations in the area.
400
Name one historical event that was important for the field of FOOD SCIENCE.
1861 - Loise Pasteur refines the process of pasteurization - kills harmful bacteria in food that could cause disease
1862 - USDA is established
1906 - The Pure Foods Act and Meat Inspection Act - legislation in food safety
1920 - Clarence Birdseye discovers a way to deep-freeze food
1940 - Microwaves are invented
400
When performing a lab, why should you never leave your station?
If you are cooking, something could boil over.
If you leave your station and bother other groups it is more likely to cause accidents.
500
Milk is tested for impurities before homogenization can take place. What area of food science is this?
Food Processing
500
What is one pro and one con towards biotechnology and bioengineered food?
Pros:
1. Help environment (use less pesticides) 2. Increase nutritional value of food 3. Help with food shortages 4. Improve crop protection 5. Production of high-quality products 6. Animals producing pharmaceutically important proteins
Cons:
1. unknown risks to human health 2. public skeptical to buy products 3. allergies to transferred gene 4. variation in regulation of GM crops
500
Give an example of a social impact.
Answers will vary. Refer to teacher.
500
Name one historical event that was important for BIOTECHNOLOGY.
1865 - Mendel founded the first field of genetics - he studied inheritance patterns of peas
1953 - Watson and Crick discovered the structure of DNA
early 1970s - recombinant DNA techniques were introduced (ways to cut and splice DNA were developed)
500
What is are fire drill route?
Leave the building, turn right, go down the stairs, walk to the back of the senior parking lot
Extra points: - go to spot #119