click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
2.2 Biology
chapter 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| energy | the capacity to do work |
| chemical reaction | the process y which one or more substances change to produce one or more different substances |
| reactant | a substance or molecule that participates in a chemical reaction |
| product | a substance that forms in a chemical reaction |
| metabolism | the sum of all chemical process that form in a reactive |
| activation energy | |
| catalyst | a substance that changes the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed or changed significantly |
| enzyme | a type of protein that speeds up metabolic reactions in plants and animals without being permanently changed or destroyed |
| redox reaction | |
| oxidation reaction | a chemical reaction in which a reactant loses one or more electrons so that the reactant will become more positive in charge |
| reduction reaction |