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Earn 100

Describe the factors that cause food spoilage.

Important Questions on Food, Health and Disease

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Which enzyme is present in yeast?
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The spoilage of food can be prevented by using vitamins like _____ and _____.
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These microbes are used to make alcoholic beverages.
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Which of the following diseases cannot be prevented by vaccination?
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List at least three things that helps us detect that food is unfit for consumption.
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How can food poisoning be caused? How will you detect that food is unfit for consumption?
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Yeast gets energy through _____ (nuclear/cellular/extra-cellular) respiration.
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Have you ever seen a rotten slice of bread? What do you think might have caused the bread slice to rot?
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What is yeast? What type of respiration is carried out by yeast?
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Yash left a sandwich in his lunchbox over the weekend. When he opened the lunch box on Monday, he found a whitish, cotton-like growth on the surface of the bread.
What would have happened to the milkshake in the glass?

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You should eat fruit pieces kept open for long.
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Yash left a sandwich in his lunchbox over the weekend. When he opened the lunch box on Monday, he found a whitish, cotton-like growth on the surface of the bread.
Do you think the sandwich might have been edible had Yash kept it in the refrigerator over the weekend? Why?

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Yash left a sandwich in his lunchbox over the weekend. When he opened the lunch box on Monday, he found a whitish, cotton-like growth on the surface of the bread.

What could have caused the change?

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In what ways are microbes useful?
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When you add yeast to dough, it rises because
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How do we know microorganisms have spoiled our food?
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Yash left a sandwich in his lunchbox over the weekend. When he opened the lunch box on Monday, he found a whitish, cotton-like growth on the surface of the bread.
What other features of the sandwich would help Yash decide whether or not the sandwich is fit to eat?

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What are two harmful effects of microorganisms?
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State any one use of yeast.