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Life |
Complex and dynamic Organized and self sustaining Cellular Infomation based Adapts and evolves |
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Metabolism |
the sum total of all reactions in an organism |
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Energy |
has the capacity to do work if captured in a profitable way rather than just released as heat
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Autotrophs |
capture energy from the environment |
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Heterotrophs |
acquire their energy from consuming other organisms and breaking down preformed food molecules (wherein is the energy of chemical bonds |
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Metabolic pathways |
organized series of catalysts (enzymes) that convert an initial metabolite ( a precursor) inot a product metabolite |
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Metabolic pathways are ________ so that... |
regulated so that they do not operate when their product is not needed (saving resources of both energy and molecular materials) |
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Catabolism |
larger to smaller molecules E may be harvested Exothermic |
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Anabolism |
smaller to larger molecules E input required Endothermic |
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energy transfer pathways |
involved in photosynthesis and respiration |
