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| The capacity to bring about movement against an opposing force. |
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| First Law of Thermodynamics |
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| Energy is neer created or destroyed but is only transformed. |
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| Second Law of Thermodynamics |
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| Energy transfer always results in a greater amount of disorder in the universe. |
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| Reactions in which the starting set of molecules (the reactants) contains more energy than the final set of molecules (the product). |
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| Reactions in which the products contain more energy than the reactants. |
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| A chemical reaction in which an exergonic reaction powers an endergonic reaction. |
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| The most important energy transfer molecule in living things. Adenosine Triphosphate |
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| A type of protein that accelerates a chemical reaction. |
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| The substance that is worked on by an enzyme is known as its substrate. |
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| Set on enzymatically controlled steps that results in the completion of a pprodut or process in an organism. |
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| The sum of all the chemical reactions that a cell or larger organism carries. |
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| Energy required to initiate a chemical reaction. |
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| Sustances that retain their original chemical composition while bringing about a change in a substrate. |
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| The portion of an enzyme that binds with a substrate, thus helping to transform it. |
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| Molecules other than amino acids that facilitate the work of enzymes by binding with them. |
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| A reduction in the activity of an enzyme by means of a compound other than the enzyme's usual substrate binding with it in its active site |
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| The regulation of an enzyme's activity by means of a molecule binding to a site on the enzyme other than its active site. |
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