Metabolism Test Review

a type of energy storage molecule made of many glucose molecules connected together

• starch

• proteins

the body’s use of molecules for energy and growth

• amino acids

• metabolism

a molecule that organisms get from the air or water around them and use to release energy

• glucose

• oxygen

 a group of atoms joined together in a particular way

• molecule

• stuff

a molecule that organisms can use to release energy, and that is made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms

• glucose

• oxygen

a category of large molecules that perform important functions inside living things

• proteins

• cells

the identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by examination of the symptoms

• blood doping

• diagnosis

the chemical reaction between oxygen and glucose that releases energy into cells

• oxygen

• cellular respiration

molecules that are the building blocks of proteins

• amino acids

• starch

Some types of syrup are almost entirely made of glucose molecules. If a person ate some syrup like this, what would happen to her ability to exercise?

• Nothing would happen to her ability to exercise, but her digestive system would not work as hard, since glucose is already small enough to get to her cells.

• It would be harder for her to exercise because her digestive system would need to use more enzymes to combine the glucose molecules together.