Question

Define the term, ‘fermentation’. Name the enzyme which converts (i) milk into curd (yogurt) (ii) cane sugar into glucose and fructose, and (iii) glucose into ethanol

Answer 1

The chemical breakdown of a substance through the bacteria or other microorganisms is known as fermentation...

(I) Enzyme that changes milk into curd - Lactobacillus.

(ii) Cane into glucose and fructose - Invertase.

(iii) Glucose into ethanol - Zymase.