Answer:
Fermentation
Explanation:
Fermentation is the general term used to describe the process by which sugars such as glucose, starch or cellulose are converted to ethanol and carbon (iv) oxide. It is anaerobic process meaning that it occurs in the absence of air or in very low oxygen concentrations.
Yeast and other microorganisms ferment glucose into ethanol and carbon (iv) oxide with the help of the enzyme zymase. Polysaccharides such as starch and cellulose are first broken down into glucose by enzymes such as diastases, maltase and cellulase, before it is then converted into ethanol and carbon (iv) oxide.
The equation for the conversion of glucose to ethanol and carbon (iv) oxide is as follows:
C₆H₁₂O₆(aq) -----> 2C₂H₅OH(aq) + 2CO₂(g)
