Author Question: A friend says, My diet contains no sucrose because I don't eat table sugar.. Is this likely to be ... (Read 78 times)

renzo156 · **on:** Aug 20, 2018

A friend says, My diet contains no sucrose because I don't eat table sugar.. Is this likely to be true?
a. Yes, because sucrose is only found in table sugar.
b. No, because sucrose occurs naturally in or is added to many foods.
c. No, because sucrose occurs in germinating seeds and arises during digestion.
d. No, because sucrose is found in milk.
e. No, because sucrose does not have to be listed on food labels so we cannot know if we are consuming sucrose or not.

Question 2

It can be said that the energy we obtain from foods comes from the sun. This is because:
a. oxygen is absorbed into plant leaves to create chlorophyll, which is converted to glucose.
b. light energy from the sun is used in photosynthesis to create chemical energy in the plant.
c. the sun warms the soil to create glucose in the roots of plants.
d. the sun converts green leaves to seeds for energy.
e. only about half of the food we consume comes from plants.