Question

You are given two test tubes, A and B, each with 3 mL of starch solution. You add 1 mL of amylase to tube A, and 1 mL of water to tube B. After waiting for 30 minutes, what would you expect to see?

Answer 1

Adding amylase to tube A would break down the starch into maltose, while the starch in tube B would remain unchanged after 30 minutes.

Step-by-step explanation:

When amylase, an enzyme that breaks down starch, is added to tube A, it starts breaking down the starch into shorter pieces called maltose. On the other hand, tube B only contains water and no enzyme. After waiting for 30 minutes, in tube A you would expect to see some of the starch being broken down into maltose, while in tube B the starch would remain unchanged.