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FSHN 214 Final Exam Study Guide Solutions
Name the appropriate carbohydrate composition of most fruits - Ans:✔✔-5-20%
Red cabbage cooked in alkaline water might be - Ans:✔✔-very soft
Name the component of the cell wall that will increase in firmness in the acid - Ans:✔✔-pectin
Name the hormone required for ripening some fruits - Ans:✔✔-ethylene
Name the term that describes the change of ice into water vapor - Ans:✔✔-sublimination
Name the number of calories required to convert ice to liquid water and the number of calories required
to convert liquid water to water vapor - Ans:✔✔-80, 540
Name the factor that is likely to decrease the stability of an oil-in-water emulsion - Ans:✔✔-addition of
the oil all at once to the water phase
Name the type of dispersion that forms when sugar is mixed with water - Ans:✔✔-solution
Name an effective emulsifier found in soybeans - Ans:✔✔-lecithin
Name the pigment category of raspberries, blueberries, and strawberries - Ans:✔✔-anthocyanin
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Name the ingredients required for preparation of fruit jelly - Ans:✔✔-acid, pectin, water
Name the approximate moisture content of:
Mozzerella cheese
Crackers
Fresh round steak - Ans:✔✔-50%
4%
67%
Name the act that established Iowa State University as the 'Land Grant' college for Iowa - Ans:✔✔-
Morrill Act
What is the temperature of boiling water - Ans:✔✔-100C and 212F
What is the correct range of temperature for refrigeration - Ans:✔✔-34-40F
Mayonnaise is made from vinegar, oil, and egg yolk, what is the interaction between them - Ans:✔✔-
Vinegar: continuous phase, polar
Oil: dispersed phase, non-polar
Egg yolk: emulsifier, lechithin, has polar and non-polar ends
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What is the number one sanitation practice - Ans:✔✔-Washing your hands
What are two other sanitation practices - Ans:✔✔--foods that are reheated must reach a temperature of
165F before consumption
-raw meats and raw vegetables should not be cut on the same cutting board without washing
Name a credible source for food safety information - Ans:✔✔-USDA
Label the plant cell - Ans:✔✔-pectin, cell wall, vacuole, plastid
What are the 5 compounds found in the vacuole - Ans:✔✔-water, salt, acid, anthocyanin, and
anthoxanthin
Why are sliced cucumbers limp and not crisp at the salad bar - Ans:✔✔--the water from the cucumbers
escaped causing plasmolysis due to osmosis
-water needs to be in with the cucumbers to keep the turgor pressure up
Why are banana slices brown and discolored - Ans:✔✔--enzymatic browning due to phenol oxidase from
phenolic compunds and oxygen
-adding acid denatures the enzyme
Why was grape jelly rough and rubbery - Ans:✔✔--the pectin in the jelly was not properly created due to
the acidity being too high
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