Cellular Energy Flashcards
Law of Conversation of Energy is…
1st law, can convert from one form to another but can’t be destroyed or created
What is the 2nd law
Energy can’t be converted without loss of usable energy
Entropy
Measure of usable energy
Chemical reactions in cells are…..
Metabolism
Metabolic pathway
Product of one reaction substrate for the next reaction
Catabolic
Release by breaking down larger molecules to smaller ones
Thermodynamics
Study of the flow and transformation of energy
Anabolic
Uses energy released by catabolic pathways to build larger molecules from smaller ones
ATP
Most important biological molecule that provides energy
adenine base+ribose sugar+ 3 phosphate groups
___ releases energy when the bond between 2nd and 3rd _________ group is broken, forming a molecule called ____, a free phosphate group
ATP
Phosphate
ADP+