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Kinetic energy

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Energy of motion

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Potential energy

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Stored energy

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Thermodynamics

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Energy changes, heat is created

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Law of conservation

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Energy cannot be created or destroyed

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Second law of thermodynamics

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Energy transactions aren’t always 100% efficient

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Free energy

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Energy that is able to do work in and system

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Endergonic

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Reaction that requires input of energy

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Exergonic

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Reaction that releases excess energy as heat

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Activation energy

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Extra energy needed to be destabilize existing chemical bonds and initiate chemical bond

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ATP

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A nucleotide with 3 phosphate groups

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Catalysts

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Lowers the activation energy needed to initiate a reaction that generate heat

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Energy

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Capacity to do work

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Entropy

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Disorder of energy

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Spontaneous energy

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No energy needed to be added

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Catabolism

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Breakdown of molecules to transfer energy

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Reaction coupling

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When reaction with common intermediate is transferred from one side to another

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Anabolism

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Putting molecules back together to store it

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Ribozyme

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RNA molecules that have enzymatic properties

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Enzyme

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Protein molecule

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Substrate

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Binds to enzyme to create enzyme-substrate complex

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Competitive inhibitors

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Competes with substrate for same active site

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Non competitive inhibitors

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Binds to enzymes in other location

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Allosteric site

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Where most noncompetitive inhibitor bind to

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Coenzymes

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Organic molecule and unchanged

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Cofactors

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Inorganic

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