Enzymes in Action
Enzymes belong to this class of biomolecules made up of chains of amino acids.
Proteins
This organelle in plant cells absorbs light energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen.
chloroplast
6CO2+6H2O+Light -----> C6H12O6 +6O2 is the chemical equation for this process.
Photosynthesis
If a cell is exposed to extreme heat, the enzyme's active site changes shape. Explain why the reaction rate drops to zero even if plenty of substrate is available.
Enzyme is denatured
This is the largest ocean on Earth by surface area.
Pacific Ocean
The primary function of an enzyme in a biochemical reaction is to do this to the rate of the reaction.
Speed it up
Known as the cell's energy producer, this organelle breaks down sugars to produce ATP.
mitochondria
C6H12O6 +6O2 ----->6CO2+6H2O + ATP the chemical equation for this process.
cellular respiration?
A plant is placed in a sealed clear glass container with water and sunlight, but all carbon dioxide is removed. Explain why glucose production stops.
because carbon dioxide is a required reactant/source of carbon needed to build glucose (
This artist released the hit albums 1989, Red, and Midnights
Taylor Swift
Pepsin is an enzyme that works best in acidic environments (low pH). This is where it works best
Stomach
Cells convert chemical energy stored in glucose into this primary molecule to fuel cellular processes.
ATP
Photosynthesis and cellular respiration demonstrate that matter is conserved because carbon and oxygen atoms are recycled, rather than being created or ___________
destroyed
Cyanide is a poison that blocks the mitochondrial membrane proteins from producing ATP. Explain why a person exposed to cyanide quickly experiences muscle fatigue and cell death.
because cells lose the ability to convert chemical energy into usable ATP needed for cell work and survival?
This cute Australian animal has unique physical characteristics that include fingerprints so similar to human fingerprints that they have occasionally confused forensic crime scene investigators.
Koala
The specific shape of an enzyme's active site determines which of these molecules can bind to it.
Substrate
The products of photosynthesis serve as these starting components in cellular respiration.
reactants
Solar energy is transformed into this type of energy during photsynthesis
Chemical Energy
Pepsin (a stomach enzyme) works best at pH 2, while Trypsin (an intestinal enzyme) works best at pH 8. Predict what happens to Pepsin's activity level if it moves from the stomach into the intestine.
it will decrease drastically / stop working because the pH is well above its optimal range, causing denaturation?
This planet in our solar system is known as the Red Planet.
Mars
When extreme temperatures or pH levels alter an enzyme's shape so it can no longer function, the enzyme has undergone this process.
becoming denatured
When a person runs, their breathing rate increases so their body can fulfill the increased demand for converting glucose into this energy molecule
ATP
At the end of a chemical reaction, how would you describe how the enzyme was impacted
Unchaged
Describe how shutting down all autotrophs (plants/photosynthesizers) in an ecosystem would eventually disrupt both the carbon cycle and animal cellular respiration.
oxygen and glucose supplies would deplete, preventing heterotrophs from performing cellular respiration to make ATP, while $CO_2$ levels would spike?
In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, this Brooklyn teenager becomes the new Spider-Man.
Miles Morales