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When yeast is deprived of oxygen, it will convert glucose into ethanol and carbon dioxide through a process called fermentation.

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Yeast help in the production of oxygen or alcohol or glucose or salts?

Yeast help in the production of alcohol through the process of fermentation, where they convert sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide. They do not directly produce oxygen, glucose, or salts.


What must be added to an aqueous solution of glucose to convert it into ethanol?

Yeast is added to the aqueous solution of glucose to convert it into ethanol through fermentation. Yeast enzymes break down glucose into ethanol and carbon dioxide.


Is yeast alive because it takes in oxygen and releases carbon dioxide?

Yeast cells are alive. However, it takes in oxygen in the form of glucose. yeast + glucose -> alcohol + CO2 We know that yeast cells are alive because it produces wastes (alcohol and carbon dioxide) and they reproduce.


Why put oil on the surface of yeast and glucose solution?

Adding oil on the surface of yeast and glucose solution creates an anaerobic environment. This helps promote fermentation by preventing the entry of oxygen, which is necessary for yeast to ferment glucose into alcohol and carbon dioxide.


Why do yeast cells consume glucose much more slowly if oxygen is present than absent?

When oxygen is present, yeast cells undergo aerobic respiration, which is a more efficient process that yields more ATP per glucose molecule. This results in a slower consumption rate of glucose compared to anaerobic respiration where glucose is broken down more quickly in the absence of oxygen to produce energy.


Why do respiration in yeast need glucose and oxygen to happen?

Yeast cells require glucose as a primary energy source because it is a fermentable sugar that can be easily metabolized to produce ATP through glycolysis, regardless of oxygen presence. In the presence of oxygen, yeast undergo aerobic respiration, which is more efficient and produces more ATP by fully oxidizing glucose. When oxygen is scarce, yeast can still generate energy through anaerobic fermentation, converting glucose into alcohol and carbon dioxide. Thus, glucose serves as a vital substrate for energy production in both aerobic and anaerobic conditions.


How does yeast break down food without the use of oxygen?

the yeast uses anaerobic respiration instead which only needs glucose


What is the process called when yeast eat glucose without sugar?

Fermentation is the process where yeast consumes glucose and produces energy in the absence of oxygen, leading to the production of alcohol and carbon dioxide as byproducts.


Why is fermentation needed when oxygen is not available?

Fermentation is the anaerobic (without oxygen) respiration of sugar by yeast. This correctly indicates that oxygen is not used in the process, but its incorrect to say the absense of oxygen is required. Brewers yeast will ferment anaerobically in the presence of glucose at concentrations of > 1g/l. Brewers yeast has a high alcohol tolerance and produces alcohol as an inhibitor to competitive organisms. Once all the glucose is consumed brewers yeast will consume the alcohol. This phenomenom is known as the Crabtree Effect


What is product of glucose and yeast?

fermenting glucose and yeast produces beer and wine.


Why would the respiration of yeast graph not continue to go up in a straight line if the amount of glucose was increased indefinately?

Because glucose is not the only molecule required for respiration, oxygen is also needed, if the amount of glucose was increased indefinatly then the amount of oxygen would decrease rapidly until there is no longer enough. Anaerobic respiration will continue to occur even without oxygen, however, this produces ethanol (in yeast) as a biproduct, when the concentration of ethanol becomes too high, the yeast die.


What does Alcoholic fermentation converts glucose to?

Alcoholic fermentation converts glucose into ethanol (alcohol) and carbon dioxide. This process is carried out by yeast in the absence of oxygen.