PROPERTIES OF AND CHANGES IN MATTER: BREAD
FOR TEACHERS
General Activity
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TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE ON BREAD
(Answers)
Which plant doesn’t belong, and why?
A. Rice
B. Corn
C. Potato
D. Wheat
The potato is a tuber, an edible part of the plant
that grows underground. The other three plants
are cereals, which produce edible kernels that grow
above ground.
Bread was first made by:
A. Ancient Egyptians
B. Ancient Romans
C. Ancient Greeks
D. Stone-age peoples
The first bread was made as early as as 12 000
years ago in the region comprising Iran, Iraq,
Israel, Jordan, Syria, and Turkey.
Marquis, AC Delta, and AC Zorro are all:
A. Cities in Canada where wheat is grown
B. Characters in a movie
C. Wheat varieties
All three of these are wheat varieties that
were developed in Ottawa at the Central
Experimental Farm.
Bran is:
A. A plant grown for animal feed
B. The outer layer of the wheat kernel
C. A nutritional supplement made from
wheat flour
The outer layers of the wheat kernel are called
the bran.
Whole wheat flour usually contains:
A. The entire wheat plant
B. The entire wheat kernel
C. Only part of the wheat kernel
Commercial whole wheat flour consists of white flour
that has the bran mixed back in. The other component
of the kernel, the oil-rich germ, is not usually added
back in since it spoils quickly.
Which is the best flour for making bread?
A. All-purpose flour
B. Soft wheat flour
C. Hard wheat flour
Hard wheat flour, made from hard wheat, makes dough
with the most springy, elastic gluten. It is gluten that
allows a bread loaf to rise and hold its shape.
What is the best place to store your flour?
A. In the root cellar
B. In the freezer
C. Under your bed
Flour, especially whole wheat flour, can go rancid at
room temperature, and will keep longer in the freezer.
Which are the three basic ingredients of bread?
A. Water, flour, yeast
B. Flour, milk, salt
C. Flour, water, sugar
While you can make flat bread from water and flour alone,
to make a leavened loaf you must also have yeast.
Where was the bread maker invented?
A. Japan
B. United States
C. Canada
In response to a demand for white bread, Japanese
companies were the first to produce the automatic bread
maker in 1987. Automatic bread makers became available
in Canada one year later.
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