Bioenergetics Flashcards
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| 1886185218 | What type of energy is stored in bonds between atoms? | chemical | 0 | |
| 1886185219 | What type of energy do we use to run, think and write? | mechanical | 1 | |
| 1886185220 | What does the 1st law of thermodynamics state? | energy cannot be created nor destroyed - only transformed | 2 | |
| 1886185221 | Packets of energy | photons | 3 | |
| 1886185222 | chlorophyll pigment clusters | photosystem | 4 | |
| 1886185223 | What type of energy do electrons contain? | chemical | 5 | |
| 1886185224 | What's another name for a hydrogen atom? | proton | 6 | |
| 1886185225 | a higher concentration of molecules on one side of a membrane than on the other | concentration gradient | 7 | |
| 1886185226 | What type of energy do concentration gradients contain? | potential energy | 8 | |
| 1886185227 | What type of energy is the proton motive force? | kinetic energy | 9 | |
| 1886185228 | When hydrogen ions rush back through a membrane, the force is called a... | proton motive force | 10 | |
| 1886185229 | What is the enzyme that builds ATP molecules called? | ATP synthase | 11 | |
| 1886185230 | The process of building ATP molecules using the energy from a hydrogen concentration gradient. | chemiosmosis | 12 | |
| 1886237568 | Type of metabolic reaction that synthesizes organic compounds. | anabolic reaction (anabolism) | 13 | |
| 1886237569 | Are anabolic reactions hydrolysis reactions or dehydration synthesis reactions? | dehydration synthesis | 14 | |
| 1886237570 | Any reaction that requires a net input of energy (reactants have less energy than products) | endergonic reaction | 15 | |
| 1886237571 | What are 6 ways plants use glucose they produce? | turn it into starch, store it as fat in seeds, cellulose for cell walls, converted to proteins, disaccharides in fruits, some used for energy (cellular respiration) | 16 | |
| 1886237572 | Three polymers used for energy by living things... | carbohydrates, fats and proteins | 17 | |
| 1886237573 | Type of metabolic reaction that involve the breakdown of complex molecules | catabolic reactions (catabolism) | 18 | |
| 1886237574 | Type of reaction when there is more energy in the reactant bonds than in the product bonds - energy is released | exergonic reactions | 19 | |
| 1886237575 | Energy in glucose is transferred to energy in | ATP molecules | 20 | |
| 1886237576 | What does the second law of thermodynamics say? | every time energy is transformed, some is lost to the environment as heat | 21 |