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9c Enzymes Flashcards

Quiz by Kabreena Attaway

High School
Biology(2017)(ARCHIVED)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)

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  • Q1
    Enzymes are which kind of biomolecule?
    Enzymes are a special type of protein
    30s
    BIOL.9c
  • Q2
    Enzymes are biological catalysts. What is a catalyst?
    They speed up a chemical reaction without being changed themselves
    30s
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  • Q3
    How do enzymes speed up reactions?
    By reducing the amount of activation energy needed to start a reaction
    30s
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  • Q4
    What is a substrate?
    The specific molecule that an enzyme will react with
    30s
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  • Q5
    What does it mean to synthesize new molecules?
    Synthesis builds up small pieces into larger molecules
    30s
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  • Q6
    What does it mean to digest a molecule?
    breaking apart large molecules into smaller pieces
    30s
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  • Q7
    What is a reaction's activation energy?
    The energy needed to make a chemical reaction happen
    30s
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  • Q8
    What is the cell's metabolism?
    The complete set of chemical reactions within an organism
    30s
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  • Q9
    What is the enzyme's active site?
    The part of the enzyme that the substrate binds or attaches to
    30s
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  • Q10
    What are the products of a reaction?
    The substances formed at the end of the chemical reaction
    30s
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  • Q11
    What is the enzyme-substrate complex?
    The temporary combination of the enzyme and its substrate
    30s
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  • Q12
    How many specific reactions will an enzyme direct?
    Enzymes only direct one (1) specific reaction. (This is why there are so many different enzymes in a cell.) The temporary combination of the enzyme and its substrate
    30s
    BIOL.9c
  • Q13
    What are two main factors affect how well enzymes work?
    Temperature and pH (acidity)
    30s
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  • Q14
    What do we call substances that directly interfere with enzymes?
    Inhibitors bind to enzymes and keep them from working
    30s
    BIOL.9c

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