Energy, Metabolism, and Glycolysis

The ability to do work

• Chemical Energy

• Electrical Energy

• Energy

• Friction

The process of breaking down a glucose molecule to release energy is called ___________.

• Hydrolysis

• Glycogenolysis

• Glycolysis

• Gluconeogenesis

Where is the potential energy the greatest?

• A

• B

• C

• D

An inhibitor is a molecule that binds to the enzyme

• and speeds up the enzymes function

• slows down or stops the enzymes function

• is always irreversible

• is always reversible

The energy of moving electrons

• Gravitational Energy

• Chemical Energy

• Energy Conversion

• Electrical Energy

Enzymes are useful for chemical reactions because they ________________________________________.

• increase the activation energy

• decrease the rate of reaction

• lower the activation energy

• increase inhibition

Which of the following is a conversion from light energy to chemical energy?

• turning on a stove to heat dinner

• turning on a lamp

• making toast in a toaster

• growing an apple tree

A competitive inhibitor

• binds to the allosteric site, blocking the substrate

• binds to the active site, blocking the substrate

• has a different shape than the enzyme

• lowers the activation energy of a reaction

When you eat fruits and vegetables, chemical bonds are releasing stored energy, this is...

• chemical energy

• thermal energy

• electrical energy

• sound energy

It is where the end product of the pathway inhibits an upstream process.

• Metabolic pathways

• Reaction site

• Allosteric Inhibition

• Feedback Inhibition