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Subject : BIOLOGY Date : SCORE

Topic/s : ENZYMES (IGCSE CH.5) Class : MS__

Duration : 35 minutes Name :

THE GASEOUS STATE

(Continual Assessment)

Direction: answer the questions on the spaces provided.

For
1 Amylase is an enzyme that digests starch. Examiner’s
Use

(a) Fig. 1.1 shows an experimental setup to investigate the effect of different
temperatures on the activity of amylase on starch. Tubes A, B and C were
subjected to 20 degree Celcius, 35 degree Celcius and 65 degree
Celcius respectively.

Fig. 1.2

lodine solution was added to each mixture of starch and amylase solution
before starting the stopwatch. Solution turned blue upon addition of iodine. The
time taken for the tubes to turn from blue to brown was recorded in Table 1.2.

Table 1.2

(i) Explain why solutions A and B changed from blue to brown.

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(ii) State which solution turns brown most quickly.

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(b) (i) Briefly account for the difference in the time taken for the colour change
in solutions A and B.

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(ii) Explain why solution C remains blue.

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