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nutrients

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components in food that the body needs to grow and repair itself

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energy

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the ability to do work

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types of macronutrients in our diet

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proteins, fats, carbohydrates

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essential nutrients

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nutrients the body cant produce on its own, and so they must be obtained from our diet

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catabolic reaction

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chemical reaction that break down complex molecules into simpler molecules

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anabolic reaction

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chemical reactions that combine simpler molecules to build complex molecules

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enzymes

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proteins that speed up the rate of a reacion by reducing activation energy

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catalysis

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the proccess of speeding uo the rate of a chem reaction

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substrates

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molecules that the enzyme binds to on which the enzyme acts

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active site

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the part of an enzyme that binds to a substrate

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vitamins

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coenzymes, that are organic and needed in very small amounts for growth, vitamin a, c, d

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minerals

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cofactors, that are inorganic. they are required by organisms for growth, calcium, iron, sodium

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What is the name of the enzyme that digests starch in our intestine and saliva in our mouth

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amylase

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electrolites

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ionic forms of minerals

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what factors affect energy expenditure?

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wieght, gender, muscle mass, genetics

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cofacters

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an inorganic substance required to activate an enzyme

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coenzymes

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an organic molecule that is required to activate an enzyme

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non exercise activity thermogenesis

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daily activities that aren’t exercise but burn calories

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when is ATP spent/used

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when energy is needed for muscle cpntaction or active transport

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ATP

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chemical energy stored in food

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aerobic respiration

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reactions that convert stored food energy into ATP

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catabolism

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enzymes mediate both bond breaking (______) and bond building (_______) reactions

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catabolic, anabolic

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how do we obtain essential amino acids

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from protein in our diet

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proteins are broken down into which subunits during digestion

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amino acids

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the substarte of an enzyme is

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what the enzyme acts on

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how is folate (folic acid) best described
a. as a substrate of an enzyme
b. as a nucleotide
c. as an organic cofactor
d. as an enzyme

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as an organic cofacter

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biofuels

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renewable fuels made from living organisims (plants and algae)

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fossil fuels

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carbon rish energy sources such as petrolium and natural gas, and coal. they are formed from compressed fossilized remains of once living organisms

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chemical energy

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potential energy stored in the bonds of biological molecules

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conservation of energy

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the law that energy can not be created or destroyed only transfered

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potential energy

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sttored energy

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kinetic energy

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energy of motion and heat energy

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photosynthesis

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the procces in whiuch pklants, algae, and other organisimsd capture the energyu of sunlight and convert it into the chemical energy of sugar moloecules

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autotrophs

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organisims that can make their own food from inorganic materials

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heterotrophs

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organisms that obtain their energy by consuming organic molecules that were produced by other organisms

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first step of photosynthesis

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light energy is capturedf in chemical form

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second step of photosynthesis

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chemicdal energy captured from light powers the formation of glucose molecules by using carbon atoms to from the carbon backbone that is within glucose

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chloroplasts

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the organelle in which photosynthesis

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inputs of photosynthesis

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sunlight, water, carbon dioxide

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output of photosynthesis

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glucose and oxygen

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light energy

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a type of nelectromagnetic radiation that includes visible light

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light energy travekls to the eartyh in ______

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waves

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waves of light energy are made up of packets of energy called_____

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photons

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chlorophyll

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the piugment present in the green parts of a plant that absorbs photons of light durring the beggining part of photosynthesis

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when sunlight is absorbed by plants the photons of sunlight excite _______

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electrons

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the ecitement of electrons is thje initial stem of conversion of light energy into ________ _________

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chemical energy

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the excited state of electrons are used to power the formation of ______

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ATP

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ATP

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the molecule in cells that powers energy requiriung functions

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electrons lost by chloryphil are replaced when ________ is split into ____ and ____

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water, O2, and hydropgen

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excited electrons from chlorophyl are captured by a molecule called _______

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NADPH

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NAPDH

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an electron carrier that brings the electrons to the synthesis reactions

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energy from electrons is used in synthesis reactions to incorperate ____ ______ molecules into _______

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carbon dioxide into sugar

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carbon fixation

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the conversion of inorganic carbon into organic forms of sugars like glucose

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the fuel energy you provide your car5 is best described as

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both chemical and potential energy

55
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which wavelengths contain the greatest amount of energy

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violet

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where do carboin atoms in gl;ucose come from

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molecules in the air

57
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obesity

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having an unhealthy amount of body fat

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body mass index

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an estimate of body fat based on height and weight

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carbohydrates are broken down into

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sugars

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fats are broken down into

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fatty acids, glycerol

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proteins are broken down into

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amino acids

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aerobic respiration

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the proccess that eukariotic organbisims use to convert food energy into ATP

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durring aerobic respiration ______ is consumed energy is captured in the bonds of ____, and ______ ________ and _____ are given off as waste products

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oxygen is consumed, bonds of ATP, and carbon dioxide and water are given off as waste products

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first stage of aerobic respirastion

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glycolysis

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glycolysis

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series of chemical reactions that splits glucose iunto two smaller molecxules of pyruvate

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second stage of aerobic resp[iration

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citric acid cycle

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citric acid cycle

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reaction s that take place in the mitochondria that helps extract energy in the form of electrons from food

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