Science Year 6

THEME C: INVESTIGATING MATERIALS

FOOD PRESERVATION

FOOD

can must

spoil preserve ex: Drying

characteristic Cooling
Bad smell benefits Freezing
Unpleasant taste food last longer Vacuum Packing
Changed colour prevent food wastage Pickling simplify
Changed texture food easy to store & distribute Boiling
Mouldy Pasteurising
Smoking
due to the action of Salting
Waxing
Bacteria fungi Bottling/canning

grow with the presence of

air water nutrient suitable acidity suitable temperature - room temperature

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Biodegradable waste
(organic waste) Non-biodegradable waste
Ex: wood, meat,leftover Ex: plastic, glass, metal
food by Decomposers
Ex: bacteria and
Can Cannot
decay decay
effects

- Returns nutrients to soil

- prevents rubbish from
accumulating WASTE MATERIALS

types

Rubbis Sewag Toxic Pesticides & Smok

h e materials fertilisers e
glass,wood,paper, Souces: homes Chemical Souces: agriculture Souces: factories,
plastic,leftover & substances vehicles, open
food Souces: factories Souces: factories burning
homes
are disposed/types of waste
disposal
in
in

Improper ways Ex: -littering, Ex: buried in landfill,

-open burning Proper
recycle,
cause -releasing of smoke & burned in incinerator
dangerous gases from
factories & vehicles
Flash floods, air pollution, water
pollution,
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