Enzymes and Digestion

Question 1

Enzymes have five important properties. What are they?

Answer 1

🚝 They are always proteins
🚝 There are substrate specific in their action
🚝 They can be used over and over again
🚝 They work best at specific optimum temperature
🚝 They are sensitive to PH

Question 2

What are enzymes needed for?

Answer 2

Enzymes are needed to break down large insoluble molecules into small soluble ones.

Question 3

What is the function of the digestive system?

Answer 3

The function of the digestive system is to break down large insoluble molecules into smaller soluble ones that are then able to be absorbed - pass across the wall ingestive system and into the blood.

Question 4

What are enzymes?

Answer 4

Enzymes are biological catalysts. They speed up reactions and without them reactions would be slow for organisms to survive.