Metabolism Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. Potential energy available for release in a chemical reaction
  2. 7. Reaction where energy is released from ATP when a terminal phosphate bond is broken
  3. 8. A reactant that binds with an enzyme's active site
  4. 10. The initial energy needed to start a chemical reaction; often supplied as heat
  5. 13. The area on an enzyme where a substrate binds
  6. 14. Inhibitors that bind to the active site of an enzyme; compete with the substrate
  7. 17. Inhibitors that bind to other parts of an enzyme (not the active site); causes the enzyme to change shape; makes the active site of the enzyme less effective
  8. 18. Energy that matter possesses because of its location/structure
  9. 19. A chemical agent that speeds up a reaction without being consumed by it
Down
  1. 1. Extracts energy stored in sugars and other fuels
  2. 3. Organic cofactors
  3. 4. Capacity to cause change; exists in various forms, some of which can perform work; can be converted from one form to another
  4. 5. Kinetic energy associated with the random movement of atoms and molecules
  5. 6. Reactions that absorb free energy from its surroundings and are nonspontaneous
  6. 9. Energy associated with random movement
  7. 11. Reactions that proceed with the net release of free energy and are spontanous
  8. 12. Energy that can do work when temperature and pressure are uniform (like in living cells)
  9. 15. Totality of an organism's chemical reactions; transforms matter and energy; subject to the laws of thermodynamics
  10. 16. Nonprotein enzyme helpers; ex ions, metals