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- autotroph living thing that makes its own food (plant)
- heterotroph living thing that requires a food source
- anabolic react. reaction involved in making a more complex substance
- catabolic react.reaction involved in breaking down a complex substance
- endergonic kind of reaction that needs energy
- exergonic a kind of reaction that releases energy
- activation ener.the energy required to start a chemical reaction
- catalyst a substance that speeds up a chemical reaction w/out being used up
- enzyme a biological catalyst
- substrate the substance that is actually reacting
- product the result of a chemical reaction
- enzyme-substratethe state when the substrate is connected to the enzyme
- lock-and-key the idea that the enzyme & substrate fit like a lock and key
- denature make a protein so that it is not the same at all
- inhibitor a chemical that interferes with the function of an enzyme
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