Choosing a sweetener lab report

The difference in texture between the three cookies demonstrates that sugar does more than make food sweet.

• true
• False

Plants produce simple sugars by the process of hydrolysis.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

A simple sugar's properties result from ____.

• The degree of crystallization.
• They type of plant that produced it.
• How atoms are arranged in its molecues
• It's ratio of amylose to amylopectin

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NGSS.HS-LS1-6

When choosing a sugar as a sweetener, food technologists must consider that _____.

• Temperature affects the sweetness of some sugars
• Different people may perceive sweetness in different ways
• Some sugars are sweeter than others
• all of these are correct

What is the chemical term for a sugar that consists of one molecule?

• Polysaccharide
• Carbohydrate
• Monosaccharide
• Disaccharide

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Sugars can be used for _____.

• Preservation
• Color
• Taste
• All of the above

Plants produce carbohydrates by the process of _____.

• Synthesis
• Photosynthesis
• Hydrolysis
• Glycolysis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Many of the functions of sugars result from their ability to ____.

• change shape
• turn brown
• attract water
• none of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

The cookies made with artificial sweetener were dry and crumbly because _____.

• the sweetener did not attract water
• there was too much butter
• they were not baked long enough
• none of the above

The brown color of the cupcakes is due to the Maillard reaction. The Splenda cookie did not brown because the different structure does not react the same as sugar in the Maillard reaction.

• true
• False