Name: __________________________________

Date: ___________

Period: ____

Enzyme Pre-assessment
1. Konrad performed an experiment to see how much product he could create from adding
maltose + water. After running his experiment, he came up with the red graph (labeled
without enzyme).
Konrad decided to run the experiment again, this time adding the enzyme maltase to
maltose and water. He came up with the graph as shown by the blue line (labeled with
enzyme).

Which reaction will begin making its products faster?

a. red graph
b. blue graph
c. Both graphs were equally fast.
Explain what is happening in the graph from point A to point B to point D compared to point A to
point C to point D.

Name: __________________________________

Date: ___________

Period: ____

2. Which of the following factors affect an enzymes function:

a. pH of solution
b. temperature of solution
c. both a and b
d.
neither a or b
Draw on Graph A what you think will happen to the reaction if we raise the heat of the solution.
Draw on Graph B what you think will happen to the reaction if we change the pH of the solution.
Graph A)

Explain your reasoning for the graph you drew.

Graph B)

Explain your reasoning for the graph you drew.