alleryStart learning →Dough rises when yeast respires without oxygen. Which gas puffs up the dough?
APlain oxygen gas
BPlain nitrogen gas
CCarbon dioxide gas
DPlain hydrogen gas
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Carbon dioxide gas
Yeast fermentation gives ethanol and carbon dioxide, and the trapped carbon dioxide gas makes the dough swell.
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