Just 10 this time!
1. ATP- Adenosine triphosphate- this is your cell's basic unit of chemical energy made from breaking down a glucose molecule.
2. Lysis- to split something open- in biology it is usually water breaking things down.
3.synthesis- " to make" something, you are building something, usually a compound in your body.
4.Activation energy- least amount of energy required to start a chemical reaction ( happens at the arrow in an equation, it's 2 ATP for Cellular respiration).
5.aerobic- a reaction that is using oxygen.
6. anaerobic- a reaction that is not using oxygen.
7. fermentation- a type of bioenergetic reaction that occurs in plants and animals when oxygen is not available- a back-up energy process, there are two types you need to know; lactic acid fermentation (animals and certain bacteria) and alcohol fermentation ( plants and certain bacteria).
8.Respiration- the process of taking in essential materials for life and releasing waste products.
9.photosynthesis- the process of taking in solar energy and converting it to chemical energy.
10. metabolism- an organisms ability to use and transform matter to run life processes.
