WAEC (WASSCE) Biology · Plant and animal nutrition
Digestive enzymes: WAEC 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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WAEC (WASSCE) Biology questions on Digestive enzymes
- WAEC 2021An enzyme reaction may begin to decline when?
- WAEC 2020Which of the following statements about a mixture of a protein-digesting enzyme and starch solution would be correct? The protein-digesting enzyme
- WAEC 2019The digestion of proteins starts in the …
- WAEC 2018The duodenum of a person was surgically removed. Which of the following substances would have their digestion affected?
- WAEC 2018By what process is starch converted into maltose?
- WAEC 2017Which of the following glands also serves as an exocrine gland?
- WAEC 2015A person suffering from obstruction of the bile duct is advised not to eat fats and oil because
- WAEC 2012Which of the following digestive enzymes would be greatly affected if the liver fails to produce bile?
- WAEC 2011Which of the following structures produces the greatest variety of digestive enzymes?
- WAEC 2010Which of the following pH values is the best for the action of the enzymes - renin and pepsin in the stomach?
- WAEC 2010Which of the following food substances is incorrectly linked to its enzyme?
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