Biological Molecules, Enzymes, and Bioenergetics
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Free Biology Q & A Practice 1 of 5 free exam-style exercises in this topic
Four food samples, W, X, Y and Z, were each tested as shown in the table below. Each sample contains only one or two of the following: glucose, sucrose, starch, protein and lipid.

Test Sample W Sample X Sample Y Sample Z
Benedict’s test (heated) brick-red precipitate stays blue stays blue stays blue
Boiled with dilute HCl, neutralised, then Benedict’s test brick-red precipitate brick-red precipitate brick-red precipitate stays blue
Iodine solution yellow-brown yellow-brown blue-black yellow-brown
Biuret test blue violet blue blue
Ethanol emulsion test clear clear clear milky white


Which option correctly describes the contents of sample X?
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