BI-638
The digestive system
Biology · Secondary 3 · Easy · The digestive system
Bile is added to a beaker containing oil and water before lipase is added. How does bile help the digestion of the oil?
- It neutralises all the oil so that digestion is not needed.
- It converts fatty acids directly into glucose.
- It emulsifies fat, increasing the surface area for lipase to act.
- It provides the enzyme needed to digest the oil.
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