WONDER #1202: Why Does Dough Puff Up When You Bake It?

Question 1 of 3

Yeast cells are a type of what?

  1. animal
  2. mineral
  3. vitamin
  4. fungus

Question 2 of 3

Which of the following is NOT a type of sugar that yeast might feed upon?

  1. sucrose
  2. fructose
  3. masa
  4. glucose

Question 3 of 3

Yeast feed upon sugars, creating carbon dioxide gas and ethyl alcohol in a process called what?

  1. rising
  2. fermentation
  3. melting
  4. fungi

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