If You Place a Small Piece of a Cracker on Your

Question

If you place a small piece of a cracker on your tongue,what would you expect to happen?
A)The vitamins in the cracker are immediately absorbed.
B)Salivary amylase degrades the starch from the cracker into glucose.
C)The proteins in the cracker begin to be digested.
D)The flavor becomes less noticeable because the sugars are digested.
E)The fats are quickly emulsified.

Accepted Answer

When a small piece of cracker is placed on the tongue, salivary amylase is secreted into the mouth to begin breaking down the starch in the cracker into glucose. This process is the first step in the digestion of carbohydrates in the mouth.