NVCC BIO 101 Exam 2 |2025 EXAM QUESTIONS
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The use of an exergonic process to drive an endergonic one.
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1 energy coupling 2 metabolism
3 entropy 4 fermentation
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Terms in this set (68)
, Metabolism the totality of an organism's chemical reactions
Begins with a specific molecule, which is then altered
Metabolic pathway in a series of defined steps, resulting in a certain
product.
release energy by breaking down complex molecules
catabolic pathway
into simpler compounds
consume energy to build complex molecules from
simpler ones
anabolic pathways
- proteins are synthesized from simpler molecules
called amino acids
the study of how energy flows through living
Bioenergetics
organisms
Energy the capacity to cause change
kinetic energy energy of motion
kinetic energy associated with the random movement
thermal energy
of atoms or molecules
heat thermal energy in transfer from one object to another
energy that matter possesses because of its location
potential energy
or structure
potential energy available for release in a chemical
chemical energy
reaction
The study of energy transformations that occur in a
Thermodynamics
collection of matter.
Energy can be transferred and transformed, but it
first law of
cannot be created or destroyed
thermodynamics
- also called the principle of conservation of energy
second law of Every energy transfer or transformation increases the
thermodynamics entropy of the universe.
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The use of an exergonic process to drive an endergonic one.
Choose an answer
1 energy coupling 2 metabolism
3 entropy 4 fermentation
Don't know?
Terms in this set (68)
, Metabolism the totality of an organism's chemical reactions
Begins with a specific molecule, which is then altered
Metabolic pathway in a series of defined steps, resulting in a certain
product.
release energy by breaking down complex molecules
catabolic pathway
into simpler compounds
consume energy to build complex molecules from
simpler ones
anabolic pathways
- proteins are synthesized from simpler molecules
called amino acids
the study of how energy flows through living
Bioenergetics
organisms
Energy the capacity to cause change
kinetic energy energy of motion
kinetic energy associated with the random movement
thermal energy
of atoms or molecules
heat thermal energy in transfer from one object to another
energy that matter possesses because of its location
potential energy
or structure
potential energy available for release in a chemical
chemical energy
reaction
The study of energy transformations that occur in a
Thermodynamics
collection of matter.
Energy can be transferred and transformed, but it
first law of
cannot be created or destroyed
thermodynamics
- also called the principle of conservation of energy
second law of Every energy transfer or transformation increases the
thermodynamics entropy of the universe.
