Amylase on starch p.

Experiment 1. Discussion

I What normally happens when iodine solution is added to starch?

2 Tube 2 contained starch solution at the beginning of the experiment; how do you
explain the reaction with iodine at the end of the experiment ?

3 What food substance is Benedict's solution a test for ?

4 Was this food substance present in tubes 3 or 4 at the beginning of the experiment?

5 What evidence do you have to support your answer ?

6 What evidence is there to suggest that this food substance is present in tube 3 at the
end of the experiment ?

7 What chemical change could have taken place in tubes 2 and 3 after adding amylase,
which would explain the results in these tubes after applying the iodine test and
Benedict's test?

8 What part could amylase have played in this chemical change ?

9 Suggest a control to the experiment which would help to support your answer to 7.