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What chemical is used to test for glucose?
Benedicts
What colour does benedicts go when glucose is present?
orange or green
What colour is benedict's solution go if no glucose is present
Blue
What colour is iodine if starch is present
black
What colour is iodine if no starch is present
yellow
What colour does glucose go in iodine?
yellow
What is the test for starch?
iodine
What is the relationship between starch and glucose?
Starch is made of many glucose molecules joined to gether
What breaks down large molecules into small molecules
enzymes
What is the name of then enzyme that breaks starch into glucose?
Carbohydrase
How does glucose taste?
Sweet
What foods contain starch?
rice. bread pasta, fruit and vegetables
What do we use starch for
Energy
What is the purpose of Villi
increase the surface area of intestine
Where do nutrients go when they are absorbed through the intestine walls
into the blood
