Enzyme Vocab

Question 1

Acid

Answer 1

Anything with a pH less than 7

Question 2

Base

Answer 2

Anything with a pH more than 7

Question 3

Neutral

Answer 3

pH = 7

Question 4

pH

Answer 4

The measurement of how acidic/basic a solution is

Question 5

Activation Energy

Answer 5

The Amount of Energy required for a chemical reaction to occur

Question 6

Catalyst

Answer 6

Speeds up chemical reactions by lowering the Activation Energy

Question 7

Enxyme

Answer 7

A Catalyst in the body that hleps us to function (-ase, -in)

Question 8

Substrate

Answer 8

Fits in the enzyme (like a key fits in a lock)

Question 9

Active Site

Answer 9

Place where the substrate binds to the enzyme

Question 10

Uni-

Answer 10

One
Ex. Unicellular=One Cells

Question 11

Multi-

Answer 11

Multiple, many
Ex. Multicellular

Question 12

Chloro-

Answer 12

Green

Question 13

Hydro-

Answer 13

Water

Question 14

-Phobic

Answer 14

Fears

Question 15

-Philic

Answer 15

“Fan”, Likes

Question 16

Hyper-

Answer 16

More than the regular amount

Question 17

Hypo-

Answer 17

Less than the regular amount

Question 18

Iso-

Answer 18

Same amount on both sides

Question 19

Endo-

Answer 19

Into the cell

Question 20

Exo-

Answer 20

Leaving the cell

Question 21

Hetero-

Answer 21

Different (Ex. Aa)

Question 22

Homo-

Answer 22

Same (Ex. AA or aa)

Question 23

Co-

Answer 23

Both (Ex. Red flower + White flower = Red + White flower)

Question 24

Auto-

Answer 24

Does it by itself (Ex. Automatic, Autotroph)

Question 25

-Troph

Answer 25

Eater

Question 26

Sym-

Answer 26

Together