Supertasters

question 217

Multiple Choice

Supertasters

• A) have learned to become more sensitive to the four basic tastes.
• B) make up 10% of the population.
• C) can better detect a specific bitter chemical than other people can.
• D) are more likely to be men than women.

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Definitions:

Stroma

The supportive tissue of an epithelial organ, tumor, gonad, etc., consisting of connective tissues and blood vessels.

ATP Synthase

Complex of proteins in the cristae of mitochondria and thylakoid membrane of chloroplasts that produces ATP from the diffusion of hydrogen ions across a membrane.

Coenzyme

Nonprotein organic molecule that aids the action of the enzyme to which it is loosely bound.

Light Reactions

The initial phase of photosynthesis where solar energy is converted into chemical energy in the form of NADPH and ATP.