Chapter 6- Energy Flow in teh Life of a Cell Flashcards
Potential energy
Stored energy
________ energy available in biological molecules.
Chemical
_______ energy stored in a wound clock spring
Elastic
_____________ energy in a roller-coaster car about to begin its downward plunge.
Gravitational
What is Kinetic energy
Energy of movement
Waves of light
Radiant energy
____ or thermal energy
Heat
Flow of charged particles
Electricity
Example of Kinetic energy
Plummeting roller-coaster car
States that energy can neither be created nor destroyed by ordinary processes. (Nuclear reactions,in which matter is converted into energy are the exception)
First Law of Thermodynamics
Second Law of Thermodynamics
States that when energy is converted from one form to another, the amount of useful energy decreases.
A measure of the amount of randomness and disorder in a system.
Entropy
Solar energy
Is the ultimate source of energy for almost all forms of life on Earth.
“Energy Out” releases energy; the starting reactants contain more energy than the end products.
Exergonic reactions
“Energy In” requires a net input of energy; The starting reactants contain less energy than the end products.
Endergonic Reactions
High-energy molecules that are synthesized at the site of an exergonic reaction, where the capture some of the released energy, behave much like rechargeable batteries- not used for long-term storage
Energy-carrier-molecules
The most common energy-carrier molecule in living organisms
Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP)
NADH also know as what?
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
FADH2 also know as what?
Flavin adenine dinucleotide
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and Flavin adenine dinucleotide define
Are other common electron carriers
An exergonic reaction that provides energy needed to drive an endergonic reaction; two reactions that involve one providing energy for the other
Coupled reaction
Catalysts
Molecules that speed up the rate of a reaction by lowering the activation energy of a biochemical reaction without themselves being used up or permanently altered.
Catalysts speed __ reactions by ________ the activation energy required for the reaction to begin.
Up
Lowering
Catalysts can speed up ____ exergonic and endergonic reactions, but they _______ make an endergonic reaction occur spontaneously.
Both
Cannot