🍄 | Biology | Unit 5

Question 1

What are metabolic reactions?

Answer 1

Metabolic reactions are all the reactions in a living organism that keeps it alive.

Question 2

What are enzymes?

Answer 2

Enzymes are proteins that function as biological catalysts.

Question 3

What is a substrate?

Answer 3

A molecule(s) that gets broken down or joined together in the reaction.

Question 4

What is a catalyst?

Answer 4

A catalyst is a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction and is not changed by the reaction.

Question 5

How does an enzyme act?

Answer 5

Enzymes have a shape that is 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙮 to the substrate. When the substrate and enzyme collide in the 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, a 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙭 is formed.

Question 6

Why are enzymes necessary for all living organisms?

Answer 6

Enzymes are necessary for all living organisms because they all maintain reaction speeds of all metabolic reactions at a rate that sustains life.