Energy Flow-Part I

Ezymes and Biochemical Reactions

100

What macromolecule is an enzyme made of?

What is protein

200

What are the products in the following: 

6H₂O+6CO₂ ------> C₆H₁₂O₆ + 6O₂ 

What is C₆H₁₂O₆ + 6O₂

_{Glucose and oxygen gas}

300

The activation energy needed for a chemical reaction is DECREASED by a ________.

What is a catalyst.

400

Chemical reactions that ABSORB more energy than they release are called _______. Give an example. 

What is endothermic? Ex:Photosynthesis 

500

If the activation energy of a biochemical reaction is lowered, then

What is the reaction will happen faster

ATP

100

What macromolecule found in the food you eat will your cells break down FIRST to get ATP?

What is carbs

200

Which phrase BEST describes the function of the ATP Molecule? 

absorbs energy

increases energy

stores energy

creates energy

What is stores energy

300

Energy is released from an ATP molecule for cellular processes when it ______? 

What is removes a phosphate

400

What reaction directly provides chemical energy for most cell functions?

Cellular respiration/ ATP -----> ADP + P

500

Where does your body get the energy for reattaching a third phosphate to ADP, creating ATP?

What is carbs (macromolecules/food) 

Cumulative

100

In a cell, which organelle releases cellular energy from food?

What is mitochondria?

200

Which part of the cell makes proteins?

What is ribosomes

300

A solution that has more solute than a cell is ____________ and will cause the cell to shrivel up.

What is hypertonic

400

This process occurs when the cell uses energy to bring something in from outside the cell.

What is endocytosis

500

In which phase of the cell cycle is genetic material (DNA) replicated/duplicated?

What is S phase

Trivia

100

Which animal’s stripes are on their skin as well as their fur?

Tiger

200

How many US states begin with the letter W?

4

300

What supervillain is a botanist and biochemist who possesses a poisonous touch, enhanced physical abilities, and a supernatural control over plant life? 

Posion Ivy 

400

Which female artist was born with the name Destiny Hope?

Miley Cryus

500

Who was the first basketball star to appear on a box of cereal?

Michael Jordan

Are you smarter than a fifth grader?

100

What is the strongest bone in the human body?

Femur

200

Whose picture is on the five-dollar bill?

President Abraham Lincoln

300

What’s the main character in a story called?

Protagonist 

400

According to the U.S. Constitution, the president is part of which of the three branches of government?

Executive 

500

What is the process of a caterpillar turning into a butterfly called?

Metamorphosis