What Happens During a Chemical Reaction and How Might This Apply to Living Things?

Enzymes will make a reaction go _______ and use ______ energy.

• faster, less
• faster, more
• slower, less
• slower, more

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Which of the following tasks listed below is most associated with enzymes?

• catalyze chemical reactions                  
• store genetic information       
• store chemical energy in the cell   
• dissolve nutrients and minerals 

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Enzymes are capable of increasing the rate of a chemical reaction within a living cell.  Enzymes accomplish this through which of the following means?

• reducing the number of products   
• reducing the activation energy
• increasing the temperature of the cell
• increasing the concentration of reactants 

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Cells can produce over one thousand different enzymes at a time. Enzymes are critical to the metabolism of these cells, but why are so many different enzymes needed?

• Cells are completely unable to control what enzymes they produce

• The variety of enzymes prevents their actions from being inhibited.

• The active site of an enzyme can only bind to a specific substrate.

• The products of a reaction are always converted into new enzymes.

Which factors can change the shape of an enzyme and thus denatures a enzyme?

• Excessive heat and changes in pH
• Nothing can
• Exposure to light and sound
• Exposure to bacteria and Amoebas

Enzymes are composed of what organic molecule?

• Sugars
• DNA
• Proteins
• Fatty Acids

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What happens to an enzyme when it is denatured?

• Activation energy is lowered.
• It becomes stronger.
• It loses its shape.
• Activation energy is raised.

Every enzyme has a optimal temperature and pH. True or False?

• True 
• False

Enzymes influence chemical reactions in living systems by:

• Providing the substrate required for the reaction to occur.

• Lowering the activation energy thus affecting the rate at which reactions occur.

• Absorbing water released when polymers are formed.

• Combining with excess hydrogen to from gaseous wastes.

The "lock and key hypothesis" attempts to explain the mechanism of?

• Vacuole formation
• Pinocytosis
• Sharing of electrons
• Enzyme are specific to a substrate