Digestive Enzymes

Question 1

What is catalyst?

Answer 1

Is an enzyme which can speed up chemical reactions. A catalyst can be used several times.

Question 2

How are starch molecules spaced out?

Answer 2

Large and branched

Question 3

What happens to starch molecules? The

Answer 3

They get broken down into analyse which is a digestive enzyme.

Question 4

What is analyse broken down into?

Answer 4

Maltese,

Question 5

What does Maltase do?

Answer 5

It breaks down starch into maltose.

Question 6

What does maltose do?

Answer 6

It is in the small intestine and it breaks down maltose into glucose units which are ready to be absorbed

Question 7

How are proteins spaced out?

Answer 7

Large and branched

Question 8

Describe the breaking down of proteins:

Answer 8

The amino acids are cut into pairs by trypsin from the pancreas, trypsin breaks it down into peptides. Then peptidase from the small intestine breaks the amino acids down so they are ready to be absorbed.

Question 9

How are fats and oils broken down?

Answer 9

Bile from the liver mixes with the fat to make an emulsion (a neutral environment). Then the lipase from the pancreas breaks down the fats to… fatty acids and glycerol which is easily absorbed.