NECO Biology · Plant and animal nutrition

Digestive enzymes: NECO Biology Past Questions and Answers

What the WAEC syllabus covers in Digestive enzymes

Our summary: The classes of digestive enzymes, where they act and what affects how well they work.

  • Digestive enzymes: classes, characteristics and functions (Candidates should perform experiments to show that ptyalin in saliva changes cooked starch to reducing sugar. Candidates should know source, site of action, substrate and effect of each digestive enzyme. Experiments to show the characteristics of enzymes, including effects of pH, temperature and concentration should be carried out.)

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NECO Biology questions on Digestive enzymes

  1. NECO 2009Which of the following enzymes act on carbohydrates?
  2. NECO 2008Liver destroys old red blood cells to produce digestive substance called
  3. NECO 2005Which of the following enzymes requires acidic medium to function?
  4. NECO 2004Intestinal juice contains the following enzymes EXCEPT
  5. NECO 2004The enzyme ptyalin acts in the
  6. NECO 2004Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of digestive enzymes?
  7. NECO 2003Which of the following is NOT a function of dilute hydrochloric acid secreted in the stomach of man?
  8. NECO 2003Which of the following is NOT true of enzymes?
  9. NECO 2003Which of the following factors affects enzyme activity?
  10. NECO 2003The function of digestive enzymes is to

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