Across
- 3. The process that happens when substances change into new ones.
- 5. SITE The place on an enzyme where a substrate fits.
- 7. The type of energy often released or absorbed during reactions.
- 12. — A reaction that absorbs more energy than it releases.
- 13. A protein that speeds up chemical reactions in living things.
- 14. Symbol used to describe the enzyme in the lock-and-key model.
Down
- 1. When an enzyme changes its shape and can’t work anymore.
- 2. The special molecule that an enzyme acts on.
- 4. A helper that speeds up reactions without being used up.
- 6. — A reaction that gives off more energy than it absorbs.
- 8. ENERGY — The energy needed to break a chemical bond.
- 9. Needed to start reactions and released when bonds form.
- 10. AND KEY The model showing how substrates fit perfectly into enzymes.
- 11. The reason enzymes only fit certain substrates.
