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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Four Basic Food Molecules.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is an example of a starchy tuber?
(a) A grape fruit.
(b) A potato.
(c) An egg plant.
(d) A tomato.

2. What drug do farmers use on animalw to create the hormones needed for leaner meat?
(a) Antibiotics.
(b) Caffeine.
(c) Morphine.
(d) Steroids.

3. What does a parsnip convert its starch to in the winter?
(a) Salt.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Wax.
(d) Flour.

4. What does one use to thicken emulsions?
(a) Dough,
(b) Plant particles.
(c) Flour.
(d) Oil.

5. What do nuts lower the risk of developing?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Heart disease.
(c) Brain disease.
(d) Skin disease.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is known as a bitter lettuce?

2. What kind of meat does the author suggest people should grill?

3. What did Louis Pasteur invent in the 1860s?

4. What does the author state meat has helped humans to adapt to?

5. What does the yeast in wine feed on to convert itself into alcohol?

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