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Ella Food Tech test

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- 1How much exercise should we do a week?1 hour a day / 7 hours a week
- 2Explain why it’s important to have a balanced diet.It Prevents Diseases and Infections
Helps Control Weight
Promotes Healthy Body Growth - 3Name the 5 main food groups and their main source of nutrition.Fruits = fiber,vitamins and minerals
Vegetables = fibre, vitamins and minerals
Grains = fibre and carbohydrates
Meat / Beans / Fish / Egg = protein vitamins and minerals
Dairy = protein and calcium - 4What are the 6 R’s.Reduce
Rethink
Refuse
Recycle
Reuse
Repair - 5Research 2 reasons why we need water.To maintain good health.
Essential for circulation in the body. - 6What is a user group or target market?A target market is a group of customers that you are aiming your product at.
- 7Explain why Aesthetics are important for food packaging?Arouse your attention,
attract you into arm's-length
and influence you in your buying decision. - 8Explain what gluten is.Gluten is simply the protein part of wheat, rye, barley, and other related grains.
- 9What are 4 things that yeast need to activate?Water
Sugar
Heat
Oxygen - 10Why do we knead pizza dough or bread dough?To develop the gluten in the flour.
- 11Research what 3 dishes originated from; Spain, Greece and England.Spain = paella
Greece = dolmades
England = christmas pudding - 12List 5 things you would expect to find on most packaging.Weight
Use by date
barcode
Serving / cooking instruction
dietary information - 13Find out 4 different types of packaging materials for food.Card / paper
Glass
Metal
Plastic - 14What does adaptation mean?The action or process of adapting
- 15Give 4 safety rules for using a knife and for frying.Bridge and claw method.
Don't leave a knife in the washing bowl.
Frying pan handle at the side to stop it being knocked.
Don't leave oil in a pan on the heat as it can cause an oil fire. - 16Name the 4 flow chart symbols and their uses.

- 17Research a famous chef and find out 5 facts about them.Jamie Oliver
Left school with 2 gcse's
First job was a pastry chef
Established the Fifteen charity restaurant
Awarded an MBE
Initiated a campaign to move British schoolchildren towards eating healthy foods - 18Explain what gelatinisation means.Gelatinisation is when starch grains (rice,flour,pasta) are mixed with a liquid and heated to boiling, the starch expands to 5 times its size and thickens the liquid.
- 19What ingredients can be used to thicken a sauce?Corn flour / flour
- 20What nutrients do we need for repair and growth?protein, vitamins, minerals, fats, and carbohydrates.
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