Participation Pop Quizzes (Topic 5-7) Flashcards
What is an example of potential energy?
Gravitational energy, elastic energy, chemical energy
What is an example of kinetic energy?
Photons of light, sound waves, electrical current, electromagnetic energy, heat energy
What is the principal source of energy in our biosphere?
the sun
What is the main energy currency of the cell?
Adenosince Triphosphate (ATP)
What determines if a reaction takes place?
the amount of energy in a system
Catalysis affects reactions in what way?
increases the rate of reaction and decrease the energy required to start a reaction; in the human body it allows these reactions to occur at safe body temperatures
What are considered biological catalysts?
enzymes
Where do competitive inhibitors bind to on enzymes?
active site
Where do non-competitive inhibitors bind to on enzymes?
allosteric site (an alternative site on the enzyme that when bound to the non-competitive enzymes, the shape of the active site is changed and it is unable to bind to the substrate)
what determines if a reaction will take place spontaneously?
enthalpy and entropy (the amount of free energy available)
The category of organisms that are able to harvest the photons from solar activity, to be converted to chemical energy
Autotrophs
categories of organism that utilize organism compounds produced by autotrophs
heterotrophs
What is a series of reactions, by which energy is harvested in the oxidizations of organic compounds to extract energy from chemical bonds?
Cellular respiration
What is when oxygen is the final electron acceptor, during cellular respiration
Aerobic Respiration
What is when the final electron acceptor is an inorganic molecule?
Anaerobic Respiration