Biology 1001A Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Psychrophile, Threshold Energy, Mesophile
26 Mar 2016
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You will get more gold from this lecture if you come prepared by understanding the following: Section 4. 1 (energy and the laws of thermodynamics) (what you should be able to do after the assigned readings and activities. 4. 1e) meaning of potential, kinetic, chemical energy, closed, open vs. isolated systems, first. Law of thermodynamics, second law of thermodynamics, entropy, spontaneous reaction, enthalpy (h), exothermic, endothermic, gibbs free energy, exergonic, endergonic,, catalyst, rate of reaction, energy of activation (ea), transition state, kinetic stability, active site, catalytic cycle. Components of gibbs free energy equation and how they affect whether or not a reaction will be spontantous. Role of enzymes in endergonic vs. exergonic reactions. Relationship between activation energy and rate of reaction. How tertiary structure bonding arrangements are different depending upon the temperature habitat of the organism. Law of thermodynamics applies to non living things as well as living things.
