Macromolecules & Enzymes Vocab

Single sugar (glucose)

• Polymer

• Competitive Inhibitor

• Monosaccharide

• Enzyme

Large more complex structures made of monomers (brick wall)

• Polymer

• Competitive Inhibitor

• Monosaccharide

• Enzyme

Mostly proteins that speed up biochemical reactions by lowering the activation energy

• Polymer

• Competitive Inhibitor

• Monosaccharide

• Enzyme

Slows down reactions

• Polymer

• Competitive Inhibitor

• Monosaccharide

• Enzyme

The amount of energy needed to make a chemical reaction start

• Polymer

• Competitive Inhibitor

• Activation Energy

• Enzyme

Elements or compounds that engage in a chemical reaction ( substances changed)

• Macromolecules

• Exothermic

• Catalyst

• Reactant

Speed up reactions ( like enzymes)

• Macromolecules

• Exothermic

• Catalyst

• Reactant

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-5

Large organic molecules (carbon-containing) that make up all living things

• Macromolecules

• Exothermic

• Catalyst

• Reactant

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Releases energy ( in the form of heat or light)

• Macromolecules

• Exothermic

• Catalyst

• Reactant

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-4

Changes one set of chemical into another, breaking and forming a bond between different substances

• Chemical reaction

• Exothermic

• Catalyst

• Reactant

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-5

NGSS.HS-PS1-6