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Who found the mouth of the Mississippi River?
dr van dr found the mouth .
What was the importance of the Mississippi River during The Louisiana Purchase?
It's mouth was found and the mythes of a "NorthWest Passage" were ended- rightfully. -Em the 5th Gr.
How do you eat a chocolate bar?
1. tear the wrapper open 2. open your mouth which can be found under your nose 3. take a bite of the chocolate 4. move your teeth up and down until the chocolate is now lots of pieces in your mouth 5. swallow the pieces by taking a big gulp
What kinds of fish live in Connecticut?
Fish found in Connecticut (or the Connecticut waters of Long Island Sound) include:Atlantic SalmonAlewifeAmerican ShadGizzard ShadShort-nosed SturgeonAtlantic SturgeonSea Lamprey (eel)American EelBlueback HerringRiver HerringBluefishPumpkinseedBluegillStriped BassLarge-mouth BassSmall-mouth BassBrown Bullhead (catfish)Yellow Bullhead (catfish)
How wide is the mouth of the statue f liberty?
The statue of liberty has a mouth that is 3 feet wide. The statue of liberty has a mouth that is 3 feet wide.
Which enzyme is found in mouth?
salivary amylase
What is the enzyme produced in mouth?
Salivary amylase is produced in the mouth so that it can digest carbohydrate
When an enzyme in saliva breaks down starch into sugar molecules in the mouth we call that digestion.?
salivary amylase.
What enzyme in your mouth that starts the starts down the break down of starches?
Salivary Amylase (also known as Ptyalin) is found in saliva. It breaks down starch into dextrose and maltose (simple sugars). The speed of the process is enhanced by gastric acids. basically the enzyme Amylase break down starch in to smaller molecules so the small intestine can absorb it.
Why do you have saliva?
Saliva does not only keep your mouth moistened but it has an enzyme in it called amylase which breaks down starch into sugar particles.
What enzyme(s) breaks down starch?
Salivary amylase in the mouth, and then maltase, sucrase and lactase in the small intestine.
What breaks starch into maltose in the mouth?
5% of the starches are broken down in the mouth before the food is swallowed.
What enzyme breaks down food in the mouth?
The enzyme released into the mouth via salivary glands are called salivary amylase. This enzyme is what breaks down starch and starts the chemical digestion. When the bolus (chewed up food covered in saliva) enters the stomach, the pH is too low and thus the amylase denatures, and no more starch is broken down.
What organ breaks down starch in the diet?
enzymes break down starch, they are found in your mouth, stomach, gut etc.
What enzyme is used to convert glucose to fructose in yeast?
Amylaze breaks down the starch and all the food in your mouth at the very start of digestion.
Is starch broken down by amylase?
Amylase, an enzyme found in your mouth breaks starch into simple sugars. Amylase continues the work begun in the mouth by ptyalin and completes the process of breaking down a starch into single glucose molecules. Ptyalin breaks down a polysaccharide (starch) into a disaccharide (maltose). Amylase finishes the break-down by splitting the two glucose molecules in maltose into single glucans. It does this through the process of hydrolysis. Like ptyalin in the mouth, Amylase inserts a water molecule between the two glucans which are bonded together. This breaks the glycosidic bond between them by "capping" the free reactive ends with the H and the OH. The two glucose molecules are now separate monosaccharides.
Why is it sweet when you chew starch?
Chewing, or mastication, uses the teeth to mechanically tear apart the food. Saliva contains amylase, an enzyme that breaks down starches in the mouth.
