Enzymes and Enzyme Activity Diagnostic Quiz AfL

This is a quiz with 19 questions that can be used to check pupils understanding of the Enzymes topic. The concepts included in this quiz are
- Enzyme definition
- Enzyme structure
- Enzyme vocabulary (substrate, product, active site)
- Enzymes and temperature (including graphs)
- Enzymes and pH (including graphs)
- Effect of enzyme concentration on activity (including graphs)
- Effect of substrate concentration on activity (including graphs)
- Bile (to check confusion with enzymes)
- Enzyme types (protease, carbohydrase, lipase)
- Location of enzymes in the digestive system

These questions can be used one at a time as Hinge Point Questions during the lesson or at the end of topic to diagnose as a class areas that should be revised in more depth. Each question is designed to probe a specific common misunderstanding/misconception. Answers are in the notes section of the PowerPoint.

An answer sheet is provided

The diagnosis page gives links to resources or ideas for activities for pupils to allow differentiation of the next activity/task after the quiz.