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What is Metabolism?
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The totality of an organism's chemical reactions
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How do Metabolic pathways begin?
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They begin with a specific molecule, which is then altered in a sereis of defined steps to form a specific product
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What are cataboilc pathways?
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They release energy by breaking down complex molecules to simpler compounds
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What is a major pathway of catabolism?
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Cellular respiration, in which the sugar glucose is broken down in the presence of oxygen to carbon dioxide and water
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Anabolic pathways
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consume energy to build complicated molecules from simpler compounds (also called biosynthetic pathways)
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How are anabolic pathways and catabolic pathways related?
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The energy released by catabolic pathways can be stored and then used to drive anabolic pathways
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What is the study of how organisms manage their energy resources?
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Bioenergetics
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What is energy and what are the types of energy?
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Energy is the capacity to do work.
Kinetic Energy: energy of motion Potential Energy: energy of location Chemical Energy: form of potential energy sotred in molecules because of the arrangment of their atoms |
