Food Science and Technology Worksheet

Laboratory Activity 1

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Activity 1. Physical Properties-Sizes and Shapes

1. Observe the properties of the vegetables available in your kitchen.

Measure their sizes and identify their shapes. Take pictures of the
vegetable you have measured and label it.

2. Briefly explain why some are different from one another.

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3. Why physical attributes of sizes and shapes important?

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Activity 2. Optical Properties- Look at the image of the fresh tomatoes

below. How do you describe them according to their optical properties?