Testing foods for sugar

Two students tested some foods to find out if they contain sugar.
This is how they did the test.

Here are some of their results and conclusions.

Food Colour of Benedict’s Conclusion

solution after heating
with the food

boiled rice green contains a small amount

of sugar

cow’s milk orange-red contains a lot of sugar

fish blue contains no sugar

chicken blue

dates orange-red
1- Why is it better to heat the test tube in a water bath, rather than holding it directly over a burner?

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2- Complete the results table.

3 - Use the results and conclusions to complete these sentences.
To test a food for sugar, add ___________________ solution to it.
The colour of this solution is ___________________.
Then heat the mixture to ___________________°C.
If there is a lot of sugar in the food, the colour of the solution changes to
___________________.
If there is a small amount of sugar in the food, the colour of the solution changes
to ___________________.
4- Marcus says that we get all our carbohydrates by eating food from plants.

Is he correct? Use the results to explain your answer

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5- Which foods contained sugar?

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6- Which of these foods come from plants?

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7- Which of these foods come from animals?

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