Metabolism

Question 1

What is metabolism?

Answer 1

All chemical reactions of life

Question 2

What is anabolic?

Answer 2

Things that promote metabolic activity

Question 3

What is catabolic?

Answer 3

Metabolic pathways that break down molecules

Question 4

What is exergonic?

Answer 4

Chemical reactions release more energy than they require

Question 5

What is endergonic?

Answer 5

Chemical reactions require more energy than they release

Question 6

What is hydrolysis?

Answer 6

The chemical breakdown of a compound due to reaction with water

Question 7

What is dehydration synthesis?

Answer 7

The removal of water to bind monomers together to form a polymer

Question 8

What is the ATP cycle?

Answer 8

Where ATP is split into ADP + P while it is then changed into ATP by getting P added back into it which allows more energy

Question 9

What would an exergonic graph look like?

Answer 9

There would be more reactant and energy would be put out while the product would be less

Question 10

What would an endergonic graph look like?

Answer 10

There would be more product than reactant and energy would be added in