You Eat Eggs for Breakfast and Return in the Evening

question 32

Multiple Choice

You eat eggs for breakfast and return in the evening to dirty dishes with "dried on" yellow streaks.After soaking awhile,the egg yolk protein molecules easily "wash off." What happened?

• A)Heating denatured the egg protein molecules,hydrolysis reactions then formed bonds in the dried egg yolk,and soaking in water eventually resulted in condensation reactions where water broke these bonds
• B)Heating denatured the egg protein molecules,unorganized condensation reactions formed bonds in the drying egg,and soaking in water resulted in hydrolysis reactions where water broke these bonds
• C)Egg monomers were fused to become one polymer,which was easily dissolved by water back into monomers
• D)Addition of water converted organic molecules into inorganic molecules

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Definitions:

Salivary Glands

Glands in the mouth that produce saliva, which begins the process of digestion and helps protect the mouth from pathogens.

Inactivation

A process by which a substance, cell activity, or biological pathway is made less active or deactivated.

Amylase

An enzyme found in saliva and pancreatic fluid that converts starch and glycogen into simple sugars, aiding in digestion.

pH

A measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution, determined by the concentration of hydrogen ions, with lower values being more acidic and higher values more alkaline.