Card 261
Question
What pigments are responsible for colors ranging from yellow to orange and red in fruits and vegetables?
Answer
Carotenoids.
Fruit and vegetable products
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Card 262
Question
Which pigment group is responsible for yellow colors in corn and peppers?
Answer
Carotenoids.
Card 263
Question
Pecan botanical name?
Answer
Carya illinoinensis [Juglandaceae (Walnut)]
Card 264
Question
What nut, in its natural state, contains poisonous oils that are eliminated when roasted?
Answer
Cashew
Card 265
Question
Tapioca starch comes from?
Answer
cassava
Card 266
Question
What are the two enzymes in vegetables commonly used to evaluate effectiveness?
Answer
Catalase and hydrogen peroxidase
Card 267
Question
What are two types of fruit and vegetable peelers?
Answer
Caustic or lye; steam; hot water; abrasive
Card 268
Question
What vegetable burns more calories to eat it than the vegetable actually contains?
Answer
celery
Card 269
Question
Which carbohydrate polymer is the primary component of plant cell walls?
Answer
Cellulose
Card 270
Question
The marionberry is a cross between which two blackberry varieties?
Answer
Chehalem and Olallie
Card 271
Question
Quinoa botanical name?
Answer
Chenopodium quinoa [Amaranthaceae (Amaranth)]
Card 272
Question
Hungarian Wax, Bishop's Crown, Brazilian Starfish, Madame Jeanette, and Guajillo are all examples of what fruit?
Answer
Chili Peppers
Card 273
Question
Where did the kiwi fruit originate?
Answer
China
Card 274
Question
Where did Meyer lemons originate?
Answer
China
Card 275
Question
Which country produces the most potatoes?
Answer
China
Card 276
Question
What country did Kiwi originate from?
Answer
China (Kiwi is also known as the Chinese gooseberry)
Card 277
Question
What is the original name for the kiwi fruit?
Answer
Chinese gooseberry
Card 278
Question
What plant is used to produce grass jelly?
Answer
Chinese mesona (Mesona chinensis)
Card 279
Question
What is the structural difference between chlorophyll and chlocophyllide?
Answer
Chlocophyllide does not have a phytol tail
Card 280
Question
What is the compound associated with green color in pistachios?
Answer
Chlorophyll
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