Enzymes and Digestion

Question 1

What do digestive enzymes do

Answer 1

They break down big molecules like starch and proteins into smaller soluble ones like glucose, amino acids

Question 2

What do carbohydrases convert carbonhydrates

Answer 2

simple sugars

Question 3

What does amylase do

Answer 3

It breaks down starch

Question 4

Where is amylase found

Answer 4

pancreas, small intestine and salivary glands

Question 5

What does protease convert proteins into

Answer 5

Amino acids

Question 6

Where are proteases found

Answer 6

stomach, pancreas and small intestine

Question 7

What do lipease convert lipds into

Answer 7

fatty acids and glycerol

Question 8

Where are lipeases found

Answer 8

Pancreas and small intestine

Question 9

What does bile do in the stomach

Answer 9

Bile is produed in the liver and is stored in thr gall bladder. The hydrochlodic acid makes the ph too acidic for enymes to work so the bile neurtalises this

Bile also breaks large fat into droplets to give the fat a bigger surface area for the enzyems to work on