1. converts the foods we eat into their simplest forms, like glucose (sugars), amino acids (that make up protein) or fatty acids (that make up fats)
2. When some of these spores fall onto a piece of damp food or other materials, they grow into molds.
3. a process in fruits that causes them to become more palatable
4. oxygen and other elements in the air (mainly carbon, hydrogen and oxygen) react to form carbon dioxide that is released into the atmosphere, while the minerals turn into ashes.
5. a disagreeable change in a food's normal state
