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| Chemical reactions that occur within an organism. |
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| The series of steps metabolism goes through. |
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| These pathways break down molecules and release energy. |
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| These pathways build up molecules and consukme energy. |
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| The capacity to cause change. |
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| The energy associated with motion that is released in a chemical reaction. |
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| The energy that matter possesses because of its location or structure. |
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| The kinetic energy associated with random movements. |
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| The study of transformations. |
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| Isolated from surroundings. |
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| Energy is transferred between system and surroundings. |
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| First Law of Thermodynamics |
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| Energy cannot be created or destroyed. |
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| Second Law of Thermodynamics |
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| Energy transfer increases entropy in the universe. |
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| A key feature in the way cells manage their energy resources to do this work. |
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| A chemical agent that speeds up a reaction without being consumed by the reaction. |
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| The initial amount of energy needed to start a chemical reaction. |
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| The reactant an enzyme acts on. |
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| The region on the enzyme where the substrate binds. |
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| The way a substrate fits into the active site. |
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| Non-protein enzyme helpers. |
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| Do not allow the substrates to fit into the active site. |
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| Any case in which a protein's function at one site is affected by binding of a regulatory molecule at another site. |
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| The end product of a metabolic pathway shuts down the pathway by binding to the enzyme that acts in the pathway. |
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