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Introduction Amylase is an enzyme that is found in our bodies. People have a different concentration of amylase in their saliva, because our salivary glands produce enough depending on what we are eating, stimulated by our sight, smell and taste of the food; it also varies at different times of the day in different circumstances. As a person becomes older their salivary glands become older, meaning less amylase is formed. Aim This is an experiment to see how fast starch is broken up by the catalyst- amylase. This experiment is based on the breaking down of starch by amylase and we are going to do this by testing the amylase at different temperatures. Prediction I predict that amylase will only work between certain temperatures, because amylase, like other enzymes, is a protein and their shape is affected by temperature. Because amylase is an enzyme used to break down starch in our body, it would...

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