Milk
Mammary glands produce milk for newborn mammals. This topic is part of Nutrition within Science & Nature. This page currently draws on 12 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Milk trivia questions
Milk is naturally produced by mammals to nourish what?
Answer: Young offspring
Bonus fact: Mammary glands produce milk for newborn mammals.
What sugar is naturally found in milk?
Answer: Lactose
Bonus fact: Lactose is made from glucose and galactose.
Which protein makes up most of the protein in cow's milk?
Answer: Casein
Bonus fact: Casein makes up roughly four-fifths of the protein in cow's milk.
According to popular accounts, Vietnamese egg coffee was created partly because which ingredient was scarce?
Answer: Milk
Bonus fact: The drink is often credited to Nguyễn Văn Giảng, who used egg as a rich substitute during milk shortages.
What ingredient is most cheese made from?
Answer: Milk
Bonus fact: Cheese is produced by coagulating proteins and fats from milk.
Dairy cream is the high-fat portion separated from what liquid?
Answer: Milk
Bonus fact: Cream naturally rises toward the top of unhomogenized milk because milk fat is less dense.
Dairy products are made primarily from what?
Answer: Milk
Bonus fact: Milk, cheese, yogurt, and butter are dairy foods.
Yogurt is made by fermenting what?
Answer: Milk
Bonus fact: Bacteria ferment milk sugars.
Mammals feed their young with what?
Answer: Milk
Bonus fact: Mammary glands produce milk.
Cheese making starts primarily with what food?
Answer: Milk
Bonus fact: Milk proteins and fat are concentrated into curds.
Dairy farming raises animals primarily for what?
Answer: Milk
Bonus fact: Cows are the most common dairy animals in many countries.
Which Van Sant film stars Sean Penn as Harvey Milk?
Answer: Milk
Bonus fact: Penn won Best Actor.