Chemical Reactions and Equations

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Chemical reactions occur when molecules become new molecules through the breaking and reforming of chemical bonds between atoms.

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Chemical bonds are broken and formed during reactions.

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Products are the molecules on the right side of the arrow, which are the new substances formed from the reaction.

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They are the substances produced in a chemical reaction.

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Diagram showing a chemical equation with reactants, products, and coefficients.

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Activation energy is the initial amount of energy needed for a chemical reaction to occur.

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Activation energy is crucial for initiating reactions.

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Reactions with high activation energies occur slowly.

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These reactions require more energy to proceed.

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Lowering activation energy makes the reaction occur more easily and thus go faster.

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Effect of lowering activation energy

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The reactant an enzyme binds to is called the substrate.

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The reactant an enzyme binds to is known as the enzyme’s substrate.

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Diagram showing protein folding and enzyme-substrate complex.

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The diagram illustrates protein folding and the enzyme-substrate complex, highlighting the active site and substrate interaction.

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The suffix "-ase" in enzyme names refers to.

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The substrate they bind to or the type of reaction they catalyze.

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Diagram showing enzyme specificity with Lactase and ATP Synthase.

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Illustration of enzyme-substrate interaction and ATP synthesis.