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Digestion summary
What
goes
where?
How does chemical digestion happen?
How does chemical digestion happen?
Enzymes
Enzymes are chemicals which break the larger molecules down into smaller molecules.
They work like scissors!
Starch
Amylase
Starch Small sugars
Why does digestion need 3 different
enzymes?
Amylase- cuts the carbohydrate Starch into smaller sugar molecules.
There are 3 types of enzymes we have to know about:
Protease - cuts proteins down into amino acids.
Lipase
- cuts fats down into the smaller fatty acids and glycerol.
How does temperature affect
enzymes?
