BSC 2010C Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Anabolism, Exergonic Reaction, Cellular Respiration

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Metabolism- the totality of an organism"s chemical reactions, consisting of catabolic and anabolic pathways, which manage the material and energy resources of the organism. Metabolic pathways: stepwise chemical reactions producing specific products. A major pathway of catabolism is cellular respiration. Energy- the capacity to cause change, especially to do work(to move matter against an opposing force) Thermal energy- kinetic energy due to the random motion of atoms and molecules; energy in its most random form. Chemical energy- energy available in molecules for release in a chemical reaction. 1st law: energy transformed but not created or destroyed. 2nd law: disorder (entropy) increases with each transformation. Entropy- a measure of molecular disorder, or randomness. Spontaneous process - a process that occurs without an overall input of energy; a process that is energetically favorable. Free-energy: energy available to do cellular work; symbolized as variable g when temperature and pressure are uniform throughout the system.

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