BIO-L8

refers to all the chemical reactions that take place inside the body.

Metabolism involves two main processes:

building of large molecules from small molecules

breaking down of large molecules to form small molecules

A good example of anabolism in plants is the formation of glucose as a product of ?

set of metabolic pathways that synthesize larger molecules from smaller ones

set of metabolic pathways that break larger molecules into smaller ones

-energy released

-digestion

-energy invested

-synthesis

are proteins that either break down molecules or build macromolecules from small molecules