Enzymes

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What is the typical ending for enzyme names?

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-ase

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How do enzymes affect activation energy?

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Enzymes lower the activation energy of a reaction.

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What effect do enzymes have on the speed of a reaction and energy usage?

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Enzymes make a reaction go faster and use less energy.

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What occurs to an enzyme when it is denatured?

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The enzyme loses its shape.

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In a graph comparing reactions with and without enzymes, which color line typically represents the reaction with an enzyme?

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Blue

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What is the role of enzymes in biological reactions?

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Enzymes act as catalysts to speed up chemical reactions.

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What factors can affect enzyme activity?

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Temperature, pH, and substrate concentration can affect enzyme activity.

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What is a substrate in the context of enzymes?

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A substrate is the reactant that an enzyme acts upon.

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What is enzyme specificity?

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Enzyme specificity refers to the ability of an enzyme to choose exact substrate from a group of similar chemical molecules.

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What is the active site of an enzyme?

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The active site is the region on the enzyme where the substrate binds.