Enzymes

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The simplest carbohydrates can be built up into more complex carbohydrates e.g.
Starch
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Digestive enzymes that break down carbohydrates are known as...
carbohydrase
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Foods like bread and potatoes are full of...
carbohydrates
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Proteins are broken down into shorter chains and then into...
amino acids
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The simplest carbohydrates are called...
sugars
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What enzymes digest proteins?
Proteases
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What is pepsin?
A protease
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This carbohydrase breaks down starch into sugars
Amalayse
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Lipases are...
Enzymes that break down fats
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What is an 'optimum pH'?
The pH at which the enzyme is most effecient
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Lipases chemically break down...
fat molecules into fatty acids and glycerole
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Large globules are broken down very slowly, why?
They have a small surface area
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Fats and oils you eat form globules in the watery digestive juices, why?
Fats and water don't mix
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The bile from the gall bladder helps to neutralize the acid from the stomach as it is...
alkaline
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Bile physically breaks down the large globules into tiny droplets, forming an...
emulsion
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We say that bile __________ the fat.
emulsifies
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Fats are called...
Lipids
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