9-1 Metabolism

State the type of molecules that act as biological catalysts

Identify the type of reaction that involves the synthesis of larger molecules from smaller simpler molecules

• Metabolism

• Anabolic reaction

• Digestion

• Catabolic reaction

Where in the body does the breakdown of excess amino acids occur?

• Liver

• Pancreas

• Kidney

• Thyroid gland

Identify the molecule produced through the breakdown of excess amino acids that is excreted?

Identify the reaction that takes in energy from the environment (e.g. to make larger molecules from smaller ones).

• Endothermic reaction

• Respiration

• Catabolic reaction

• Homeostasis

Identify the term that the sum of all the chemical reactions that happen in an organism

• Catabolic reactions

• Metabolism

• Deamination

• Anabolic reactions

Plants can combine glucose with which type of ions to make amino acids?

• Magnesium

• Calcium

• Nitrate

• Phosphate

Identify the large molecule found in liver and muscle cells that consists of many glucose molecules linked together.

• Glycogen

• Cellulose

• Starch

• Glycerol

State the term for the molelcule consisting of many glucose molecules linked together that is found in plant cell walls.

Digestion would be what type of reaction?

• Catabolic reaction

• Metabolic reaction

• Anabolic reaction

• Synthesis