Vocab review for Bio 10/30/24 vocab quiz

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What are enzymes?

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Protein catalysts that speed up biochemical reactions by lowering activation energy.

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What is the induced-fit model?

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The enzyme has to slightly change shape for substrates.

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What is enzyme specificity?

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Each enzyme catalyzes its own reaction.

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Are enzymes consumed in reactions?

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No, enzymes are not consumed but reused.

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What is photosynthesis?

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The process of capturing energy from the sun and converting it into sugar.

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What is cellular respiration?

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A metabolic pathway that uses glucose to produce adenosine triphosphate (ATP).

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What is energy?

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The ability to do work, which is the ability to exert a force causing displacement of an object.

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What is metabolism?

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The totality of all of an organism's chemical reactions.

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What is chlorophyll?

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The natural compound present in green plants that gives them their color.

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Carotenoids are ___

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red/orange/yellow