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Monthly Archives: November 2012
Practice Questions
How does the following video (humorously) represent the effect of substrate concentration on rate of reaction? Saturation? What is the enzyme? substrate? Explain how enzymes can be used to produce lactose-free milk. Be sure to identify the enzyme, substrate, and … Continue reading
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Cellular Respiration and ATP
Cellular Respiration review questions
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Cellular respiration
Respiration is NOT breathing! Ok, now I’ve got that off my chest, let’s continue 🙂 This is going to be some of the more challenging work we cover, but it is good stuff! Start with this presentation. Once again, huge … Continue reading
Posted in 3.The Chemistry of Life, Mr. Paulson, Mrs. Dickinson
Tagged aerobic, anaerobic, glycolysis, respiration
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Enzyme Lab
Today we’ll be looking at enzyme reactions and the factors that influence their rates. The enzyme we’ll be using is catalase, which is found in liver tissue. The substrate for catalase is hydrodgen peroxide, H2O2. You might be familiar with … Continue reading
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Self Quiz
Let’s see where you are at on 3.1 and 3.2. Go here for the questions and record your answers below (or here if it doesn’t show up, Gaea):
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Enzymes
There are a lot of questions to answer in this topic. It is one of my favourite aspects of biology, as an understanding of enzymes relates to nearly every branch of biology. So, here goes…. What is an enzyme? What … Continue reading
Posted in 3.The Chemistry of Life, Mrs. Dickinson
Tagged active site, catalyst, denaturation, enzyme, pH, protein, specificity, temperature
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