Vocab #9

Question 0

Reactants

Answer 0

Element or compound that enters into a chemical reaction

Question 1

Chemical Reaction

Answer 1

Process that changes one set of chemicals into another set of chemicals

Question 2

Products

Answer 2

Element or compound produced by a chemical reaction

Question 3

Catalyst

Answer 3

Substance that speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction

Question 4

Enzymes

Answer 4

Protein that acts as a biological catalyst

Question 5

Substrates

Answer 5

Reactant of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction

Question 6

Active site

Answer 6

the part of an enzyme that interacts with the substrate during catalysis

Question 7

Enzyme- substrate complex

Answer 7

A substrate bonds with the enzyme active site, and an enzyme- substrate complex is formed

Question 8

Monomer

Answer 8

Small unit that can join together with other small units to form polymers.

Question 9

Polymer

Answer 9

Large compound formed from combinations of many monomers

Question 10

Dehydration Synthesis

Answer 10

The linking of monomers into a polymer by removing a molecule of water from each

Question 11

Hydrolosis

Answer 11

A chemical reaction in which a large molecule is split into two smaller molecules by the addition of a molecule of water