Cell Metabolism

4. the process by which water is used to break down polymers into monomers.
5. the process by which monomers are put together to build polymers, giving off water as a byproduct
6. all of the chemical reactions in a living organism that allows it to live.
8. the deconstructive part of metabolism where the body breaks down large, complex molecules, into smaller molecules.
9. a metabolic process that happens inside autotrophs; they take in water, carbon dioxide, and sunlight to create glucose as the main product, giving off oxygen as a byproduct.
10. a catalyst used in all metabolic processes’.

1. it is the second step of cellular respiration that takes place in the mitochondria of a cell. It takes energy stored in pyruvate and transfers it to NADH and FADH2, which results in the production of some ATP ;also known as the citric acid cycle.
2. a metabolic process that happens in all organisms; it takes glucose and breaks it down to release energy, ATP.
3. the intercellular breakdown of glucose into pyruvic acid and ATP in the cytoplasm; it utilizes enzymes to split each six-carbon glucose molecule into two three-carbon pyruvate molecules.
7. the constructive part of metabolism where the body uses energy to build complex molecules from smaller molecules.