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Activation energy |
Minimum quantity of energy that the reacting species needs for a reaction |
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Catabolism |
Breakdown of molecules with release of energy. |
Cannibalism |
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Chemiosmosis |
Generates ATP by movement of hydrogen moving across membrane |
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Competitive inhibitors |
Inhibitor binds to activation site and prevents binding of substrate and vice versa |
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Noncompetitive inhibitor |
Reduces activity of enzyme and binds to enzyme whether or not it is bound to substrate |
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Hypertonic |
Having higher osmotic pressure than a particular fluid |
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Hypotonic |
Lower osmotic pressure |
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1st law of thermodynamics |
Conservation of energy |
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2nd law of thermodynamics |
Heat cannot be transferred from a colder to a hotter body within a system without net charges occurring within other bodies in that system |
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Third law of thermodynamics |
It is impossible to reduce the temperature of a system to absolute zero in a finite number of steps. |
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Metabolic pathways |
Chemical reactions undergone by a compound or class of compounds in an organism |
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Turgid |
Swollen |
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