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Biology
Undergraduate 1
09/12/2013

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what are the 3 things cells need E for?
Definition
mechanical (movement)
chemical
active transport
Term
what are the bonds between the phosphate groups of ATP broken by?
Definition
hydrolysis
Term
what bonds in ATP are most easily broken?
Definition
covalent bond between 2nd and 3rd phosphate
Term
why are the 2nd and 3rd phosphates the most easily broken bond of ATP?
Definition
both are negatively
Term
ATP becomes adenosine __phosphate through _________
Definition
adenosine diphosphate through dephosphorylation
Term
living organisms resist ______
Definition
chaos (entropy)
Term
what is the ultimate source of energy?
Definition
the sun
Term
what are organisms that make their own food called?
Definition
autotrophs
Term
what do autotrophs produce their organic nutrients from?
Definition
CO2
Term
what is the source of organic compounds for all nonautotrophic organisms?
Definition
autotrophs
Term
what separates autotrophs and heterotrophs?
Definition
source of E used in metabolism
Term
what are 3 types of photoautotrophs
Definition
plants
protists
bacteria
Term
what kind of organism is a chemoautotroph?
Definition
bacteria
Term
how do chemoautotrophs harvest E?
Definition
oxidizing inorganic substances
Term
how do heterotrophs obtain organic materials?
Definition
other organisms
Term
what do heterotrophs eat?
Definition
plants/animals
Term
what are the heterotrophs known as decomposers?
Definition
fungi and bacteria
Term
what is the one type of organism that does every function?
Definition
bacteria
Term
what does living require?
Definition
work
Term
what do cells require? (to function)
Definition
energy from outside sources to perform tasks
Term
what 2 functions do plants have to do to obtain energy?
Definition
both photosynthesis AND cellular respiration
Term
what is O2 in cellular respiration?
Definition
reactant
Term
what kind of organism is yeast in regards to how it obtains E?
Definition
heterotroph
Term
what 2 products are always the products of cellular respiration?
Definition
H2O and CO2
Term
what did yeast metabolize the best?
Definition
glucose
Term
why was it hard for yeast to metabolize starch?
Definition
it was such a large molecule
Term
what compound did yeast not recognize?
Definition
galactose
Term
how many enzymes are there for glucose breakdown alone?
Definition
approximately 25
Term
what is an enzyme and what does it do?
Definition
a large protein that catalyzes the degradation of organic molecules that are rich in E to simpler waste products with less E
Term
what happens to the E produced through degradation?
Definition
some E used for work, rest dissipated as heat
Term
how long does an enzyme keep working?
Definition
as long as there are compounds for it to break down
Term
what is the first enzyme to act in cellular respiration?
Definition
hexokinase
Term
what do enzymes end in?
Definition
ase
Term
what does hexokinase do?
Definition
attaches a phosphate from ATP to glucose
Term
during CR, where do H and its e- go to from where and what do they form? what do they release?
Definition
from sugar to O2, forming H2O and releasing E
Term
what is oxidation?
Definition
chemical reaction that transfers e- from 1 substance to another
Term
LEO the lion GER
Definition
lose electron oxidation, gain electron reduction
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