Biochemical Reactions
A reaction that absorbs energy
What is Endothermic
an energy-carrying molecule that carries/stores energy for cell functions
What is adenosine triphosphate
Where does energy come from?
What is the sun
The overall process by which sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide are chemically converted into chemical energy stored in glucose
what is photosynthesis
The order in which we breakdown macromolecules
What is carbohydrates, lipids, and then proteins
A reaction that releases energy
Exothermic
What is ribose
another name for autotrophs
what is a producer
pancake-like stacks of thylakoid membrane
what is grana
Glucose and Oxygen
What are the reactants
Usually a protein that speeds up biochemical reactions by lowering the activation energy
What is an enzyme
Is recycled after ATP releases energy and a phosphate is removed
ADP
another name for a heterotroph
what is a consumer
fluid-like substance that fills the space between the grana
what is stroma
CO2 and H2O
all of the chemical reactions within each cell of an organism
What is metabolism
Where does the energy come from in the ATP cycle?
carbon based molecules in your food (3 of the 4 macromolecules)
4 types of consumers
what are herbivore, omnivore, carnivore, and detritivores
The light dependent reaction in photosynthesis
what is the electric transport chain (ETC)
Folded membrane in the mitochondria
What is the inner membrane
the amount of energy needed to make a chemical reaction start
What is the activation energy
why is ATP important?
What is the main energy currency of the cell
Percent an organism receives of the energy obtained in the previous level
What is 10%
the light independent reaction in photosynthesis
What is the Calvin cycle
fluid-like substance that fills the space
What is the matrix of the mitochondria