c
An enzyme in her mouth broke down the polysaccharides in the cracker into monosaccharides.
Mrs. Ruhala set up an experiment where she tested for the presence of monosaccharides in food. She took a cracker, and it tested negative for monosaccharides. Then she put the cracker in her mouth, chewed it for a few minutes, and then spit it out into a test tube. It now tested positive for monosaccharides.
What happened?
a
Water in the saliva catalyzed the cracker proteins and broke them into monosaccharides.
b
The physical action of chewing broke down the lipids in the cracker and producing a positive reaction.
c
An enzyme in her mouth broke down the polysaccharides in the cracker into monosaccharides.
d
Mrs. Ruhala is a magical being and ewww.
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