Enzymes Flashcards
1
Q
How are Catalysts produced?
A
- By living things
2
Q
What do all living things have?
A
- Thousands of different chemical reactions going on inside all the time
3
Q
Why do these reactions need to be carefully controlled?
A
- To get the right amount of substances
4
Q
How can we increase the speed of the reaction?
A
- Increase the temperature
5
Q
What do all living things produce?
A
- Enzymes which are biological catalysts
6
Q
What do Enzymes do?
A
- Enzymes reduce the need for high temperatures and we only have enzymes to speed up the useful chemical reactions in the body
7
Q
Define ‘Catalyst’
A
- A substance which increases the speed of a reaction without being changed or used up in the reaction
