Question

1. what area of food study looks at the chemical and biological processes within or related to living organisms and helps us understand more about how chemical changes are affecting the fruits and vegetables we eat?

biochemistry
food chemistry
microbiology
food engineering

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Biochemistry: Studies chemical processes in living organisms. This matches the description of looking at chemical and biological processes in organisms (like fruits/vegetables) and how chemical changes affect them.
• Food chemistry: Focuses more on the chemical composition of food, not as much on biological processes within organisms.
• Microbiology: Studies microorganisms, not the general chemical/biological processes in fruits/vegetables.
• Food engineering: Deals with food production processes, not the internal processes of living organisms.

So biochemistry is the correct choice as it aligns with studying chemical and biological processes in living organisms (fruits/vegetables here) and their chemical changes.

Answer:

A. biochemistry