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| is defined as the capacity to cause change |
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| no possible to destroy or create energy |
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| energy that an object has because of it's location or structure. |
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| a type of kinetic energy contained in the random motion of atoms and molecules |
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| a measure of the amount of disorder or randomness in a system |
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| arise from the arrangment of atoms and can be released by chemical reactions |
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| is the amount of energy that can raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1ºC |
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| consitits of an organic molecule called adenosine plus a tail of three phosphate groups |
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| adenosine diphosphate (two phosphate groups instead of three) |
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| total of all the chemical reations in an orgamism is called _________ |
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| proteins that speed up chemical reactions |
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| activates the reactants and triggers the chemical reaction. process requires that the molecules absorb energy from their surroundings |
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| a certain molecule that the enzyme can recognize because the enzyme is very selective in the reactions that it catalyzes. |
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| has a shape and chemistry that fits the substrate molecule |
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| a substrate slips into this docking station, the active site changes shape slightly to emrace the substrate molecule and catalyze the reaction. |
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| actually substrate imposters that plug up the active site |
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| membrane proteins that help move substances across a cell membrane |
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| movement of molecules spreading out evenly into the available space |
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| the cell doesn't expand any energy for it to happen. |
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| where the substance is more concentrated to where it is less concentrated |
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substances that do not cross membranes spontaneously ----or do cross, but slowly----- can transported via proteins that act s corridors for specific molecules |
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| the diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane |
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| is a substance that is dissolved in a liquid solvent such as salt in salt water |
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| a solution with a higher concentration of a solute |
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