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What is the process called by which food is broken do to its structures of water?
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∙ 14y ago
There are two possible answers to your question. The process in which food is broken down into smaller, soluble substances is digestion. However I think you might be after the type of chemical reaction involved in digestion, which is hydrolysis. Hydrolysis is the breakdown of a larger molecule into smaller molecules by reacting with water. So, for example, maltose is broken down into glucose by hydrolysis reactions, and proteins are broken down into amino acids by hydrolysis reactions. See http://www.biotopics.co.uk/as/disaccharidehydrolysis.html for a simple animation of the hydrolysis of maltose.
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∙ 16y ago
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When glucose molecules are broken down energy is released and carbon dioxide and water are produced. What is this process called?
Resperation
Is water broken down in the metabolism?
No. but the process of metabolism creates water.
Can water be broken down by chemical?
Water can be broken down by the chemical process called electrolysis. An electrical current is passed through water with an electrolyte added to it. The electrical current breaks down the water into hydrogen and oxygen gas that bubble up from the electrodes in the water.
What is the carrying away of the naturally broken down materials called?
When wind or water wear away a rock, the process is called "erosion".
What is it called when I have breaks off the glacier and becomes an iceberg?
New icebergs float on sea water and are broken away from the ice floe in a process called calving. The iceberg calvesoff the floe.
What is the process called which food is broken down to its subunit structures with the addition of water?
digestion
What is the process called which food is broken down to its subunit structures with addition of water?
digestion
What is the process called by which food is broken down to its subunit structures with the addition of water?
decompose hydrolysis
What is the chemical reactions that allow large molecules to be broken apart into smaller molecules by adding water called?
This process is called hydrolysis.
When glucose molecules are broken down energy is released and carbon dioxide and water are produced. What is this process called?
Resperation
What is it called when rocks are broken down by water wind ice and heat?
it is called an erosion
What is water when it is broken into hydrogen and oxygen?
When separated into its component parts, hydrogen and oxygen, the original water no longer exists.
Is water broken down in the metabolism?
No. but the process of metabolism creates water.
Can water be broken down by chemical?
Water can be broken down by the chemical process called electrolysis. An electrical current is passed through water with an electrolyte added to it. The electrical current breaks down the water into hydrogen and oxygen gas that bubble up from the electrodes in the water.
When wind and water break rock down?
When rocks get broken down by wind, water, ice or heat it's called weathering. Weathering is the process that occurs before erosion where the rock is broken down even further.
What is the carrying away of the naturally broken down materials called?
When wind or water wear away a rock, the process is called "erosion".
Where do water as a product go in photosynthesis?
water is broken is to O2. The process is known as photolysis
