HUMAN NUTRITION

NUTRITION

CARBOHYDRATES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The process of adding water in order to break bonds within a polymer ____
A
Dehydration Synthesis
B
Hydrolysis
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Hydrolysis is the process that breaks bonds between two molecules by the addition of water and disassembles polymers to monomers. Hydrolysis reaction results in the collapse of polymers into monomers by utilizing a water molecule as well as an enzymatic catalyst.

Detailed explanation-2: -Usually hydrolysis is a chemical process in which a molecule of water is added to a substance. Sometimes this addition causes both the substance and water molecule to split into two parts. In such reactions, one fragment of the target molecule (or parent molecule) gains a hydrogen ion.

Detailed explanation-3: -In condensation the formation of water is usually accompanied by the growth in the chain of the polymer; in hydrolysis the reaction goes the opposite way where the reaction with a water molecule results in the breakage of already formed polymer bonds.

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