Enzymes

The substance that binds to an enzyme is called a?

• Polypeptide

• Co-enzyme

• Vitamin

• Substrate

What is a substance called if it speeds up a chemical reaction?

• reusable
• catalyst
• specific
• fragile

Enzymes are an example of

• Lipids

• Carbohydrate

• Protein

• Nucleic Acid

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

What 3 letters do enzymes typically end in?

• -ose
• -ase
• -ese
• -tic

After the enzyme and substrate bind together and perform the reaction, what does the substrate become?

• a substrate
• an enzyme
• a product
• an active site

The enzymes become denatured if the temperature is _______ compared to its optimum temperature.

• too high or too low

• too low

• too high

What temperature do you think our enzymes will work the best at?

• room temperature, 25 degrees

• 0 degree

• 50 degrees

• 37 degrees

Enzymes need certain environmental conditions in order to function properly.  What happens when enzymes are heated to a high temperature?

• they die
• they denature
• they change their amino acid sequence
• they work better

Saliva contains this enzyme to start the digestive process of carbohydrates.

• spit
• amylase
• hydrochloric acid
• sodium bicarbonate

Which of the following converts starch into maltose?

• maltase

• lactase

• sucrase

• salivary amylase