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Laws/Reactions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| First Law of Thermodynamics | total amount of energy stays constant, energy can't be created or destroyed but can be converted |
| Second Law of Thermodynamics | energy flows from HIGH TO LOW, lowest quality form is heat |
| Endergonic reaction | needs energy input, product has more energy than starting substances: GRAPH: starts low, ends high |
| Exergonic reaction | energy is released, products have less energy than reactants, GRAPH: starts high, ends low BUT activation energy makes it have a bump at the top |
| Enzymes and what they do | catalytic molecules, speed up reactions but do not cause them, goes forward and reverse, very specific, reused constantly |
| Enzymes + activation energy | makes bump smaller because they speed up reactions! |