Enzymes And Digestive System

Question 0

What is the cycle of the enzymes

Answer 0

Starch >amylase> maltose >maltise> single glucose

Question 1

What is an enzyme

Answer 1

An enzyme is a chemical made by living cells that can speed up or slow down chemical reactions without itself being changed

Question 2

Function of mouth

Answer 2

Food is broken by teeth and mixed with saliva

Question 3

Function of oesophagus

Answer 3

Passes food to the stomach by squeezing behind the food this is Called PERISTATSIS

Question 4

Function of stomach

Answer 4

Produces enzymes which brake down food chemically it also produces hydrochloric acid which kills bacteria

Question 5

Function of small intestine

Answer 5

Digestion is completed here

Digestive enzymes,bile and enzymes from the pancreas are added to the food here

Question 6

Function of liver

Answer 6

Produces bile which brakes down fats

Question 7

Function of pancreasq

Answer 7

Producers digestive enzymes

Question 8

Function of large intestine

Answer 8

Takes water back to blood stream leaving solid waste

Question 9

What is a substrate

Answer 9

What the enzyme acts on

Question 10

What is the substrate broken down into w

Answer 10

The product

Question 11

How do you show the act of amylase on starch

Answer 11

1 get two test tubes
2 put starch in one and starch and amylase in the other
3. Heat the two tubes over a hot plate or bunsen burner
4 wait for results w

Question 12

What is the result of the amylase on starch experiment

Answer 12

The test tube with just starch tests positive for starch and negative for maltose but the one with starch and amylase tests positive for starch and positive for mslyose

Conclusion
Amylase breaks down starch to maltose