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Catabolic pathway
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Metabolic pathway that releases energy by breaking down complex molecules to simple molecules.
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Anabolic pathway
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Consume energy to build complicated molecules from simpler ones.
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Kinetic energy
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The energy of motion.
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Potential energy
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Stored energy
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The first law of Thermodynamics is the principle of...
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Energy can be transferred and transformed but cannot be created or destracted. (principle of conservation of energy)
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The second law of Thermodynamics involves changes in...
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Every energy transfer or transformation increases the entropy of the universe.
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Entropy
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A quantitative measure of disorder or randomness, symbolized by S.
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Exergonic reaction
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A spontaneous chemical reaction in which there is a net release of free energy.
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Free energy
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The portion of a system's energy that can perform work when temperature is uniform throughout the system. The change in free energy of a system is calculated by the equation
where T is absolute temperature.
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Neuron
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A nerve cell; the fundamental unit of the nervous system, having structure and properties that allow it to conduct signals by taking advantage of the electrical charge across its cell membrane.
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Polymer
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A long molecule consisting of many similar or identical monomers linked together.
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Polypeptide
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A polymer (chain) of many amino acids linked together by peptide bonds.
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Monomer
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The subunit that serves as the building block of a polymer.
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Activation energy
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Energy required to break bonds in the reactant
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Why are enzyems said to be specific?
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Because of their shape and bonding site that can only bond to the matching pair.
*shape determines the function of the enzyme.
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