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Cracker Lab

Cracker Lab. Digestion Can Be a Mouthful!. Your digestive system is highly specialized for physically and chemically breaking down foods to obtain nutrients. Both of these processes begin in the mouth .

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Cracker Lab

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  1. Cracker Lab

  2. Digestion Can Be a Mouthful! • Your digestive system is highly specialized for physically and chemically breaking down foods to obtain nutrients. Both of these processes begin in the mouth. • Starch (a carbohydrate) is an important food molecule found in many plants and is a major energy source in most human diets. • Lugol’s iodine stain can be used to detect the presence of starch. A colour change to blue/black is a positive test. • In this activity, you will examine the process of chemical digestion involving starch that begins in your mouth.

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