If You Place a Small Piece of a Cracker on Your

question 32

Multiple Choice

If you place a small piece of a cracker on your tongue,what would you expect to happen?

• A)The vitamins in the cracker are immediately absorbed.
• B)Salivary amylase degrades the starch from the cracker into glucose.
• C)The proteins in the cracker begin to be digested.
• D)The flavor becomes less noticeable because the sugars are digested.
• E)The fats are quickly emulsified.

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