Metabolism

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The concept of energy flow through living systems

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Bioenergetics

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All of the chemical reactions that transpire inside cells, including those that use and release energy are the cells what

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Metabolism

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Plants use the energy of sunlight to convert carbon dioxide gas into sugar molecules by a process called

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Photosynthesis

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Why do living things consider sugar as a main energy source

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Sugar molecules have considerable energy stored within their bonds

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The processes of making and breaking down sugar molecules

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Metabolic pathways

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The two types of metabolic pathways are

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Anabolic(building) and catabolic(breaking down)

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A pathway that requires energy to synthesize complex molecules from simpler ones

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Anabolic pathway

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The pathway that breaks down complex molecules into simpler ones

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Catabolic pathway

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Energy with objects in motion is called

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Kinetic energy

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Energy that is stored and then released later on

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Potential energy

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Provides living cells with energy from food

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Chemical energy

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Reactions that have a negative delta g and frequently release free energy is called

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Exergonic reactions

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Reactions that have a positive delta g and is known for energy storing molecules

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Endergonic reactions

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Minimum amount of energy to be provided for compounds to result in a chemical reaction

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Activation energy

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High energy state and needs a small amount of activation energy to reach it because with how unstable it is

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Transition state

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Study of energy and energy transfer involving physical matter

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Thermodynamics

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Powers majority of energy-requiring cellular reactions

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ATP

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Has three phosphate groups

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ATP

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Very unstable molecule

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ATP

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This molecule lowers the activation energy

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ATP

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The chemical reactants to which the enzyme binds to is the enzymes..

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Substrate

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The location within the enzyme where the substrate binds to is the enzymes..

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Active site

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True or false: there is a specifically matched enzyme for each substrate

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True

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A process that changes the substrates natural properties

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Denature

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True or false: enzymes are suited best with a certain pH range and temperature

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True

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This model explains the enzymes structure of its binding arrangement between the enzyme and the substrates transition state

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Induced fit

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What does an enzyme form when binding to a substrate

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Enzyme substrate complex

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Binds to an active site and can block the substrate from binding

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An inhibitor

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What is it called when an inhibitor molecule competes with a substrate for active site bonding

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Competitive inhibition

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This inhibitor binds to an enzyme in a location where their binding surface induced a conformational change that reduces the enzymes affinity for its substrate

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Allosteric inhibition

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Two types of helper molecules for enzymes

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Cofactors and coenzymes

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Inorganic ions that help enzymes

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Cofactors

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Organic helper molecules for enzymes

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Coenzymes

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This uses a reaction product to regulate its own further production

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Feedback inhibition

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Producing both amino acids and nucleotides is controlled by..

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Feedback inhibition

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What happens when there is too much ATP in a cell

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It all goes to waste