Chemistry of Life
It is the basic unit of matter
What is the atom?
Carbon and hydrogen
What elements are found in all organic molecules?
Speeds up a chemical reaction
What are catalysts?
Its full name is adenosine triphosphate
What is ATP?
What is an autotroph?
This process occurs in the cytoplasm and splits glucose molecules
What is glycolysis?
These subatomic particles make up the nucleus of an atom
What are protons and neutrons?
Functions as a source of quick energy
What is a carbohydrate?
It is lowered by an eznyme
What is activation energy?
It is released when the third phosphate is removed from ATP
What is energy?
What is photosynthesis?
The organelle that is the site of cellular respiration
What is the mitochondria?
It is involved in chemical bonds
What is an electron?
Used for insulation and long term energy storage
What are lipids?
What are optimal conditions?
It is formed when ATP loses a phosphate group
What is ADP?
This pigment is the primary pigment used for photosynthesis
What is chlorophyll?
These molecules are formed during the Krebs cycle, and then enter the electron transport chain
What are NADH and FADH2?
This bond forms when one atom loses an electron, and another atom gains an electron.
What is an ionic bond?
Makes up enzymes, as well as structures such as skin and muscles
What are proteins?
They are very specific for each other
What is an enzyme and a substrate?
This process makes ATP
What is cellular respiration?
ATP and NADPH are made in this reaction
What are the light-dependent reactions?
This process uses a proton gradient to make ATP using ATP synthase
What is chemiosmosis?
This bond is formed when a pair of electrons is shared.
What is a covalent bond?
Stores and transmits genetic information
What are nucleic acids?
What is a product?
ATP is this type of molecule
What is a nucleic acid?
This process builds carbohydrates from carbon dioxide
What is the Calvin cycle?
This process occurs when oxygen is not available for aerobic respiration
What is fermentation?