Enzymes Notes

Enzymes Vocabulary

Multiple Choice

What Type of Biomolecule is an Enzyme?

• Carbohydrate

• Lipid

• Protein

• Nucleic Acic

Multiple Select

A catalyst speeds up a chemical reaction.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Cellular respiration involves a series of chemical reactions. Which of the following is a primary way that enzymes affect these reactions?

• They increase the rate of the reaction by decreasing the pH

• They increase the rate of the reaction by decreasing the activation energy

• They slow the rate of the reaction by changing the location of the reaction

• They slow the rate of the reaction by changing the temperature

Open Ended

How do enzymes speed up chemical reactions?

Fill in the Blank

We use the Lock and Key model to show that enzymes are _________ to their substrates.

Multiple Choice

There are many different enzymes located in the cytoplasm of a single cell. How is a specific enzyme able to catalyze a specific reaction?

• Enzymes are destroyed after catalyzing a reaction.

• Most enzymes can catalyze many different reactions.

• An enzyme binds only to a specific substrate.

• Enzymes are transported to a specific substrate.

Multiple Select

The word denatured means an enzymes looses its shape or function

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Response to the Previous Slide

• A) 5

• B) 7

• C) 9

• D) 11