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Directions: Read the statement and choose the most appropriate response. You may click the helpful hints button at any time. Good luck!

1. The availability of out-of-season foods in Canada in the winter, such as fresh lettuce, tomatoes or even bananas is a result of ***.

a. improved transportation systems
b. modern technology in the food industry
c. a change in storage techniques
d. all of the above

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2. Basic nutrients found in food that are required by the body include ***.

a. milk, fibre, protein and fats
b. milk products, fruits/vegetables, meat, breads/cereals
c. fats, carbohydrates, protein, vitamins/minerals and water
d. fats, carbohydrates and protein

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3. Glycogen is ***.

a. stored as fat in the liver
b. a complex carbohydrate
c. utilized by the body immediately upon consumption
d. none of the above

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4. When you eat an apple, you are consuming mostly ***.

a. water
b. sugars
c. fibre
d. protein

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5. All the essential animo acids would most likely be found in one serving of ***.

a. peanuts
b. legumes
c. bran cereal
d. beef

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6. The meal that would take the most exercise to burn off would be one that contains ***.

a. 20 g carbohydrates, 45 g protein, 13 g fat and 8 g of alcohol
b. 25 g carbohydrates, 50 g protein, 20 g fat and 0 g of alcohol
c. 10 g carbohydrates, 10 g protein, 30 g fat and 12 g of alcohol
d. 38 g carbohydrates, 5 g protein, 27 g fat and 4 g of alcohol

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7. The making of strawberries and rhubarb into strawberry/rhubarb pie is an example of a *** food industry.

a. primary
b. secondary
c. tertiary
d. home-based

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8. Canola oil is considered a "healthy" oil due to its high levels of ***.

a. oleic acid
b. erucic acid
c. glucosinolate compounds
d. all of the above

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9. Saskatchewan's meat industry contributes  *** to the province's agriculture production.

a. 12.5%
b. 14%
c. over 20%
d. over 44%

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10. Milk and ice cream processing involves both homogenization and pasteurization. Homogenization is  ***.

a. evaporation of liquid under vacuum leaving a concentrate
b. addition of bacterial starter cultures
c. reduction in size of fat globules by forcing the milk or cream through a very small opening under pressure
d. rapid heating of milk to very high temperatures to kill disease-causing bacteria in the milk product

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