- Organisms transform energy from one form to another. Put the following forms of energy in the order that they are harvested and converted, starting at the top with a form of energy that is not in an organism.
- Redox reactions occur simultaneously: for every molecule that is reduced (gains electrons), another molecule is ______ (loses electrons).
- Energy can be measured in units called ______.
- Photosynthesis converts the ______ energy in sunlight into the ______ energy in sugars.
- In an electron transport chain, ______ is captured from electrons as they are passed between proteins called electron carriers.
- What organic molecules catalyze (speed up) chemical reactions?
- The potential energy stored in covalent bonds is also called ______ energy.
- Stored energy that can be used to do work is called _________ energy, while energy of motion that is being used to do work is called ________ energy.
- ATP can be synthesized by the addition of a phosphate group to a molecule of ______, which is a reaction that requires energy.
- Fatty acids enter the degradative pathway in the form ofA. glycerolB. glucoseC. acetyl-CoAD. brown adipose tissueE. pyruvate
- Most of the ATP molecules in eukaryotic cells are made in organelles called ______ during cellular respiration.
- Like the subunits of DNA and RNA, ATP is a type of
- True or false: The more disordered a system is, the higher its entropy.
- One energy law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed; it can only
- A group of proteins aligned in a membrane can form a(n) ______ transport chain, which releases energy at each step in the chain and plays a role in both photosynthesis and respiration.
- According to physical laws, energy transformations overall lead to ______ disorder.
- In oxidation-reduction reactions, energized ______ are transferred from one reactant to another.
- A(n) ______ reaction occurs when an atom or molecule loses an electron, along with a corresponding loss of energy.
- ATP stands for ______ triphosphate, which is a molecule that powers many cellular reactions.
- Living organisms are able to increase in complexity due to a constant input of ______ from the sun, but because the universe as a whole is also decreasing in complexity by a greater amount, the ______ in the universe is always increasing.