- Activation energy is the energy required to begin a chemical reaction.
(a) True
(b) False - What process is used to break down glucose?
(a) Anabolic reaction
(b) Catabolic reaction
(c) Anabolism
(d) Hydrolases reaction - What is it called when a molecule donates electrons?
(a) Oxidation
(b) Reduction
(c) Oxidation reduction
(d) Lactation - What is caused when there is a chemical denaturing of enzymes?
(a) Protein creation
(b) Lipid creation
(c) Very high or very low pH
(d) Saturation point is reached - Pyruvic acid blocks active sites from bonding to a substrate.
(a) True
(b) False - The spontaneous decaying and giving off of particles of radium is called
(a) catalyst
(b) chemically stable
(c) half-life
(d) radioactivity - A differential element is the name given to a chemical element whose
atoms have a different number of neutrons.
(a) True
(b) False - The valence shell is used in bonding together two
(a) stable atoms
(b) inorganic stable atoms
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