Answer: 1. Disaccharide
2. two monosaccharides, galactose and glucose
3. the role of lactase is to catalyse the hydrolysis of the disaccharide lactose to yield the monosaccharides galactose and glucose
Explanation:
Lactose is a disaccharide, consisting of two monosaccharide units joined by a beta 1–>4 glycoside link
Lactase cleaves the glycoside link, giving two monosaccharides, galactose and glucose
Answer: OSMOSIS
Explanation:
OSMOSIS is a process by which molecules of a solvent tend to pass through a semipermeable membrane from a less concentrated solution into a more concentrated one, thus equalizing the concentrations on each side of the membrane. It's very useful in biological systems and is dependent on the following factors:
- osmotic pressure and
- osmotic gradient.
Osmotic pressure: this is defined as the least pressure that needs to be applied in a solution to discontinue the transfer of solvent across a semipermeable membrane.
Osmotic gradient: this compares the concentration of solutions divided by a semipermeable membrane. The concentration of a specific particle dissolved in a solution is known through osmotic gradient.
Answer:Carbon moves from living things to the atmosphere. Each time you exhale, you are releasing carbon dioxide gas (CO2) into the atmosphere. Animals and plants need to get rid of carbon dioxide gas through a process called respiration. Carbon moves from fossil fuels to the atmosphere when fuels are burned. The carbon cycle is nature's way of reusing carbon atoms, which travel from the atmosphere into organisms in the Earth and then back into the atmosphere over and over again. Most carbon is stored in rocks and sediments, while the rest is stored in the ocean, atmosphere, and living organisms.
Explanation:
Glycolysis is the first step in the respiration pathway. The amount of oxygen available after glycolysis determines whether the rest of the reaction is aerobic (Krebs Cycle and Electron Transport Chain) or anaerobic (Fermentation).
