Digestive Enzymes Crossword Puzzle

A themed crossword with 40 clues to draw from. Find enzymes that break down food, along with their substrates, products, and roles in digestion.

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About the Digestive Enzymes Crossword Puzzle

This puzzle covers enzymes involved in breaking down carbohydrates, proteins, fats, and nucleic acids. Look for names such as pepsin, lipase, and amylase, alongside terms like starch, peptide, and hydrolysis. It also includes related digestive structures and processes. Students studying biology, or anyone curious about how the body gets nutrients from food, may enjoy this topic.

This crossword draws on 40 clues about Digestive Enzymes. Each grid uses a different handful and fits them together a new way, so press New puzzle for another whenever you finish. The answers are in the answer key when you print, and behind the Reveal button when you play.

Sample clues

  • •Uptake of nutrients into the bloodstream (10 letters)
  • •Acceleration of a chemical reaction (9 letters)
  • •Enzyme that splits two-unit amino acid chains (11 letters)
  • •Pertaining to the bowel (10 letters)
  • •Two-unit sugar produced from starch (7 letters)
  • •Relating to a gland behind the stomach (10 letters)
  • •Breakdown of proteins into smaller units (11 letters)
  • •Molecule an enzyme acts upon (9 letters)

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