Intro to Metabolism Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• energy: capacity to cause change
• entropy: disorder/randomness of a system
• endergonic: reaction in which free energy is absorbed
• atp: the energy molecule in cells
• heat: other term for thermal energy
• catalyst: agent that speeds up a chemical reaction
• substrate: molecule that binds to an enzyme on which the enzyme can act
• induced fit: the optimal fit of an enzyme and a substrate
• cofactors: nonprotein enzyme helpers
• activation: _ energy required to start a chemical reaction
• catabolic: pathway that releases energy by breaking down complex molecules
• anabolic: pathway that consumes energy to build complex molecules
• first: the law of thermodynamics that states that energy in the universe is constant
• phosphate: the group that adp gains to become atp
• kinetic: energy possessed due to motion