UNIT 2.6 ENZYMES
Chemicals in the body that helps in breaking down food
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• 8Bh4 Understand the function of enzymes
as biological catalysts in breaking down
food to simple chemical
• Learning about the catalytic nature of
enzymes and what happens when we
lack proper enzymes.
Q1: DIGESTION IS OF TWO TYPES.
NAME THEM AND EXPLAIN IN ONE
LINE.
Q2: WHY DO YOU THINK THE BODY
NEEDS TWO TYPES OF DIGESTION?
GIVE A REASON
Starter Questions
In your note books
Make a cut out
diagram of
enzyme-substrate
complex
Label the diagram
and briefly describe
each stage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0UaBBUFcus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVeoXYJlBtI
Make three types
of enzymesubstrate
combination and
label them clearly