5470375207 | Metabolism | The totality of an organism's chemical reactions | 0 | |
5470377689 | Metabolic pathways | Begins with a specific molecule and ends with a product | 1 | |
5470382749 | Catabolic pathways | Release energy by breaking down complex molecules into simpler compounds (exergonic and products have less energy than reactants) | 2 | |
5470389761 | Anabolic pathways | Consume energy to build complex molecules from simpler ones (proteins from amino acids, products have more energy than the reactants, endergonic) | 3 | |
5470400657 | Bioenergetics | The study of how organisms manage their energy resources | 4 | |
5470402932 | Energy | The capacity to cause change | 5 | |
5470404512 | Kinetic energy | Energy associated with motion | 6 | |
5470410835 | Heat (thermal energy) | Kinetic energy associated with random movement of atoms or molecules | 7 | |
5470414946 | Potential energy | Energy that matter possesses because of its location or structure | 8 | |
5470419178 | Chemical energy | Potential energy available for release in a chemical reaction | 9 | |
5470422915 | Thermodynamics | The study of energy transformations | 10 | |
5470427170 | Open systems | The type system that humans are | 11 | |
5470431483 | First law of thermodynamics | The energy of the universe is constant | 12 | |
5470433113 | Second law of thermodynamics | Energy transfer or transformation increases entropy(disorder) | 13 | |
5470439111 | Entropy | The universe prefers | 14 | |
5470443031 | Heat | The way that energy is released from the ecosystem | 15 | |
5470445401 | Light | The way that energy enters an ecosystem | 16 | |
5470449630 | Free energy | Energy that can do work when temperature and pressure are uniform, as in a living cell | 17 | |
5470456494 | ∆G=∆H-T∆S | Gibb's free energy equation | 18 | |
5470465192 | Exergonic reactions | Reactions that proceed with a net release of free energy and is spontaneous | 19 | |
5470469531 | Endergonic reactions | Reactions that absorb free energy from its surroundings and is nonspontaneous | 20 | |
5470475244 | ATP | Ribo (sugar)+Adenine (a nitrogenous base)+3 phosphate groups | 21 | |
5470481734 | Substrate | The reactant that an enzyme acts on | 22 | |
5470488140 | Enzyme substrate complex | The enzyme binds to its substrate | 23 | |
5470489578 | Active site | The region on the enzyme where the substrate binds | 24 | |
5470492323 | Induced fit | A substrate brings chemical groups of the active site into positions that enhance their ability to catalyze the reaction | 25 | |
5470501003 | Catalyst | A chemical agent that speed up a reaction with being consumed by the reaction | 26 | |
5470505063 | Cofactors | Non protein enzymes | 27 | |
5470507343 | Coenzymes | An organic cofactor(vitamins) | 28 | |
5470513249 | Competitive inhibitors | Bind to the active site of an enzyme competing with the substrate | 29 | |
5470518780 | Noncompetitive inhibitors | Bind to another part of the enzyme causing the enzyme to change shape and making the active site less effective | 30 | |
5470526398 | Allosteric regulation | May either inhibit or stimulate an enzymes's activity | 31 | |
5470529372 | Cooperativity | A form of allosteric regulation that can amplify enzyme activity | 32 | |
5470534970 | Feedback inhibition | The end product of a metabolic pathway shuts down the pathway | 33 |
Ap Biology Chapter 8 Flashcards
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