General Biology

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  1. 5. Energy like property or state function of a system in thermodynamic equilibrium.
  2. 7. a simple monocarboxylic acid containing two carbons
  3. 9. The main source of energy for cells and an important part of aerobic respiration.
  4. 12. The primary phosphate group on the ATP molecules that is hydrolyzed when the
  5. 13. A substance present in all living cells that provides energy for many metabolic processes and is involved in making RNA.
  6. 14. Proteins that help speed up metabolism, or the chemical reactions in our bodies.
  7. 17. the movement of ions across a semipermeable membrane bound structure, down their electrochemical gradient.
  8. 20. The process by which plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and energy in the form of sugar.
  9. 21. provide structure and function for all living things, from microorganisms to humans.
  10. 26. The phosphate group is closest to the ribose sugar.
  11. 28. The most common mechanism of regulating protein function and transmitting signals throughout the cell.
  12. 29. the part of the metabolic process that breaks down large, complicated molecules into smaller ones in order to produce energy.
  13. 30. An important mechanism by which cells can respond to their environment
  14. 34. The act of bringing or coming together
  15. 36. A nucleoside phosphate compromised of a ribonucleoside and two phosphate
  16. 37. the type of respiration through which cells can break down sugars to generate energy in the absence of oxygen
  17. 38. A chemical process in which oxygen is used to make energy from carbohydrates.
  18. 39. The stored form of glucose that's made up of many connected glucose molecules.
  19. 40. Chemical process by which molecules such as glucose are broken down anaerobically.
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  1. 1. A colorless, odorless reactive gas, the chemical element of atomic number 8 and the life-supporting component of the air.
  2. 2. A chemical reaction of the interaction of chemicals with water leading to the decomposition of both the substance and water.
  3. 3. The main type of sugar in the blood and is the major source of energy for the body's cells.
  4. 4. the process by which the body utilizes the energy released by catabolism to synthesize complex molecules.
  5. 6. Are a type of fat (lipid) found in your blood.
  6. 8. Extremely energetic electrons that are liberated from the inner nucleus.
  7. 10. the water-based solution which found inside of cells
  8. 11. The main source of energy for cells and an important part of aerobic respiration.
  9. 15. A reaction that releases free energy in the process of the reaction.
  10. 16. a metabolite derived from glucose, fatty acid, and amino acid catabolism.
  11. 18. is needed to drive anabolic reactions.
  12. 19. Atoms or small molecules that bond together to form more complex structures such as polymers.
  13. 22. A bacterial a process that takes place during the production of numerous food products.
  14. 23. A series of reactions that extract energy from glucose by splitting it into two three-carbon molecules called pyruvates.
  15. 24. A reaction that yields ATP through the catabolism of ketone bodies
  16. 25. A type of sugar normally made in the body from glucose.
  17. 27. A substance or material consisting of very large molecules called macromolecules, composed of many repeating subunits
  18. 28. An organic acid that probably occurs in all living cells.
  19. 31. The process of breathing in oxygen and breathing out carbon dioxide.
  20. 32. A chemical compound that is used to make one of the building blocks of DNA and RNA.
  21. 33. Is a reaction that requires free energy to proceed.
  22. 35. The ability of a cell to receive, process, and transmit signals with its environment and with itself.