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Digestion and enzymes
Task A: Mechanical and chemical digestion
1) Write definitions for mechanical and chemical digestion and give an example
of each.
You could have written:
Mechanical digestion is the process of breaking down food by moving and
cutting it. Teeth cut food into small pieces and the stomach churns food.
Chemical digestion is the process of breaking down food using chemicals.
Saliva in the mouth is an example.
2) Complete the sentences using some of these words.
bile saliva
grind digest process
The mouth contains _saliva_ to chemically digest food.
The teeth _ grind__ food to digest it mechanically.
Task B: From large molecules to small
1) Jun and Sofia are discussing how large molecules are broken down into
smaller molecules, but they have made some mistakes.
You could have said:
Proteins are Many sugars are joined
broken down together to make
into amino carbohydrates like
acids. starch.
Jun Sofia
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Digestion and enzymes Worksheet
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Task C: Chemical digestion by enzymes
1) Complete the gap fill to define an enzyme.
An enzyme is a __catalyst__ which __speeds up__ the rate of a reaction.
2) Draw a diagram to show how enzymes work.
large molecule
enzyme
3) Complete the table to show which enzyme works on which type of food.
type of food enzyme example
carbohydrates carbohydrases starch to sugar
proteins proteases protein to amino acids
lipids (fats) lipases fats to fatty acids and
glycerol
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