unit 8 vocab

Cellular respiration

•  a protein that catalyzes (speeds up) a reaction without being changed by it

• a series of processes that take place within a cell in which biochemical energy from organic substances (e.g., glucose) is converted into high energy molecules called ATP for use in energy-requiring activities of the cell

• a chemical or set of chemicals that are affected by enzymes

•  a process in which complex organic molecules are synthesized using carbon dioxide, water, and light energy (from sunlight) captured by light-absorbing pigments, such as chlorophyll and other accessory pigments

 a protein that catalyzes (speeds up) a reaction without being changed by it

• ATP (adenosine triphosphate)

• Enzyme

• ADP-ATP cycling

• Citric acid cycle

 a process in which complex organic molecules are synthesized using carbon dioxide, water, and light energy (from sunlight) captured by light-absorbing pigments, such as chlorophyll and other accessory pigments

• Prokaryotic cell

• Gas exchange

• Fermentation

• Photosynthesis

a chemical or set of chemicals that are affected by enzymes

• Substrate

• Citric acid cycle

• Chemosynthesis

• Prokaryotic cell

The minimum energy required for a reaction to occur.

• Membrane-bound organelles

• Fermentation

• Activation energy

• Metabolic enzymes

The energy stored in ATP is released when a phosphate group is removed from the molecule.

• Anaerobic respiration

• Synthesis

• Citric acid cycle

• ADP-ATP cycling

A substance present in all living cells that provides energy for many metabolic processes and is involved in making RNA

• ATP (adenosine triphosphate)

• ADP-ATP cycling

• Chemosynthesis

• Gas exchange

a molecule which can facilitate a chemical reaction without being consumed or changed

• Citric acid cycle

• Catalysts

• Chemosynthesis

• Chloroplasts

the synthesis of organic compounds by bacteria or other living organisms using energy derived from reactions involving inorganic chemicals, typically in the absence of sunlight.

• Chemosynthesis

• Catalysts

• Chloroplasts

• Gas exchange

a pigment that gives plants their green color

• Fermentation

• Metabolic enzymes

• Chlorophyll

• Fermentation