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Why Does An Enzyme Convert Sucrose Into Glucose

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I. Science Fair Question How does an enzyme convert sucrose into glucose and how we digest glucose from different foods?
II. Background Research The idea of this project is to test drinks and foods by dipping a urinalysis test strip into them and see how much sugar is in each drink and food. This project will measure two sugars, glucose and sucrose in different foods. It can help prove that too much sugar is not healthy and how our bodies digest them. The important terms that will be discussed in this paper are glucose, sucrose, fructose, sugar, and diabetes. Sugar is any class of crystalline carbohydrates such as sucrose, glucose, or lactose, that dissolve in water and have a characteristic sweet taste (The American Heritage Student Science Dictionary 331). When foods or drinks are sweet it is most of the time from sugar. There are many different types of sugars which are called carbohydrates (chemical compounds that only have carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and mostly made by different plants). Sucrose is a different name for sugar (Sucrose and Glucose and Fructose, Oh My! Uncovering Sugar in your Food). …show more content…

Sugar, starches, and cellulose are all carbohydrates (The American Heritage Student Science Dictionary 57). Carbohydrates are just a fancier way of saying “sugar”. It’s called an organic compound because it is made up of one long chain of carbon atoms. They provide living things with energy and can act as substances that are used for structure. When multiple carbohydrates combine they change to polysaccharide. They may also be very large or very small molecules

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