How do ants know that salt isn't sugar?
2006-12-11 01:47:12 · 7 answers · asked by Enzo 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Because it isn't sweet enough
2006-12-11 01:50:55 · answer #1 · answered by David D 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Without tasting the crystals, If you put the granules on the flame and the crystals melts and then gets darker and darker the product is sugar. Salt just get more and more hotter but does not melt.
If you have both products mixed do the same test, you will get salt crystals rounded with carbonized residues of sugar.
Good luck!
2006-12-11 10:00:02 · answer #2 · answered by CHESSLARUS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Becasue salt is a mineral and emits no odor. Sugar is a biochemical. And although sucrose (table sugar) is a solid compound sugar made up of dextrose and fructose, it's the fructose (plant sugar) that emits the scent that ants detect.
2006-12-11 09:57:49 · answer #3 · answered by OccamsTheory 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How do u distinguish between salt and sugar. By taste isn't it. Similar wid da ants.
2006-12-11 10:00:47 · answer #4 · answered by Annie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ants have chemoreceptors (neurons that detect different types of chemicals) just like you do on your tongue and in your nose. Sugar and salt are different types of chemicals.
A salt molecule is composed of one positively-charged sodium ion and one negatively-charged choride ion that are attracted together by an ionic bond.
A molecule of table sugar is composed of one glucose molecule and one fructose molecule that are covalently bonded together. While glucose and fructose both have the same molecular formula (C6H12O6) the arrangement of the atoms is different in each, i.e. they are isomers.
2006-12-11 10:16:29 · answer #5 · answered by Diane Jackson 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Taste, texture, smell.
2006-12-11 10:57:09 · answer #6 · answered by Roberta 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they follow their nose
2006-12-11 09:57:45 · answer #7 · answered by freckles 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋