Grade 8 Biology

Unite Enzymes

Objectives from curriculum:

Question and Answers on the unit

Q1. Define Enzymes
Answer- Enzymes are defined as enzymes as proteins that function as
biological catalysts that help to speed up the reactions.

Q2. Describe why enzymes are important to all living organisms.

Answer- Enzymes are important as –

They increase the reaction rate (of metabolic reactions); so that these work well
enough to sustain life.

Q 3. The figure below shows enzyme catalysed reaction

Label the figure using the words given
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Q4a) A student put some starch solution into a test-tube (step 1)and added iodine
solution(step 2) to it. Then he added 3 ml of amylase solution to the test tube and
observed change in colour after 10 minutes (step 3).

The colour of iodine solution changed as recorded in the table below

Step Colour of iodine solution

After adding iodine solution to starch Blue black
solution in step 2
10 minutes after 3 ml of amylase brown
solution was added to test tube in Step
3

b)Explain the student’s results.

Answer-

Q5 a) Look at Figure 5.4. Describe what is shown on the graph. (‘Describe’ means
state the main points in words; give main features that you can see. When you are
describing a graph it is a good idea to quote figures, with units.)

Answer-

Q 5 b) Explain the effect of temperature on Enzyme activity

Answer- At low temperatures, the rate of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction is low as
kinetic energy of particles is low hence, substrate are less likely to collide and bind to
active sites of enzymes. At optimum temperature particles have high kinetic energy
hence particles collide and bind to active sites more frequently. At higher
temperatures, the enzyme is denatured, the active site loses its shape and is no
longer complementary to the shape of substrate molecule, therefore the rate of the
reaction dramatically decreases.

Q6 Researchers investigated the effect of pH on the activity of the protease in

quinoa seeds.
The results are shown in Fig. 2.2

Fig. 2.2

ii) Describe the effect of increasing pH on the activity of the protease in quinoa
seeds. [3]
iii) Explain the activity of protease at pH 4.0 and at pH 7.0 [4]

Q7 Use the information in figure to explain how enzymes work to break down
nutrient material such as starch

Answer-

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