4.2 Chemical Reactions

Question 1

What is metabolism on a cellular level?

Answer 1

The sum of all chemical reactions in one cell

Question 2

What is catabolism?

Answer 2

Processes which break larger molecules into smaller ones.

Question 3

What is anabolism?

Answer 3

Processes which build up larger molecules from smaller ones.

Question 4

How does catabolism interact with energy?

Answer 4

Catabolism releases energy

Question 5

How does anabolism interact with energy?

Answer 5

Anabolism requires input of energy

Question 6

What is an endogernic reaction?

Answer 6

A chemical reaction that requires a net input of energy

Question 7

What is an exergonic reaction?

Answer 7

A chemical reaction which releases energy; and products contain less energy than reactants

Question 8

What is oxidation-reduction reaction?

Answer 8

Chemical reaction in which one reactant is oxidized and another is reduced

Question 9

What is oxidation?

Answer 9

The loss of one or more electrons

Question 10

What is reduction?

Answer 10

The gain of one or more electrons