Name: ______________________________ Date: _____________________

Enzymes Review Packet

1.What is a chemical reaction? _______________________________

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2. What is a chemical equation? ______________________________

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A + B → C

3. What do we call the starting substances in a chemical reaction?

What are the substances called at the end of a chemical reaction?
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4. What are enzymes and what are their functions?_______________

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5. What is a substrate? _____________________________________

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6. What is the activation site? ________________________________

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7. Each enzyme has a specific _________________ that matches

with one and ONLY one _____________________ which allows it
to _________________ in a specific way.

8. Enzymes are named for the ________________ they help speed

up and usually end in ___________:
________________ breaks down sucrose
 ________________ breaks down proteins
________________ breaks down lipids
________________ breaks down starch
9. How do enzymes speed up reactions? _____________________
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10. True or false: Enzymes are unchanged by the chemical reaction

and can be used again and again. __________________

11. Lipase breaks down fat into ________________ and __________

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12. Protease breaks down protein into __________ ______________.

13. Amylase breaks down starch into _________________________.

14. What does denature mean?______________________________

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15. What happens to enzymes when you increase its environment’s

temperature beyond its optimum temperature or change its optimum
pH? ___________________________________________________
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16. What is a catalyst? _____________________________________

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17. Enzymes are produced through a life process(function) known as

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18. Acidic environments range from ____ to _____ on the pH scale.

19. Basic environments range from____ to _____ on the pH scale.
20. A neutral environment has a PH of _______.

21. Know the parts of this diagram:

22. Name 3 factors that can affect enzyme activity.

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