Which of these processes is an example of hydrolysis?
conversion of glucose into starch units
conversion of fructose & glucose units to form sucrose
conversion of cellulose into glucose

Question

Which of these processes is an example of hydrolysis?
conversion of glucose into starch units
conversion of fructose & glucose units to form sucrose 
conversion of cellulose into glucose

anonymous · Answer

Sucrose is a disaccharide of fructose and glucose. Starch and cellulose are polysaccharides of glucose monomers. Polysaccharides are formed by condensation reactions and broken down by hydrolysis.

Hydrolysis is the process by which a water molecule is used to break up a larger molecule. In this case, the only answer that would apply would be the conversion of cellulose into glucose - large broken down into small.