Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
metabolism - CORRECT ANSWER - The term that best describes all of the chemical
reactions of a cell, including acquisition and use of molecules and energy, is...
10 milliseconds - CORRECT ANSWER - The enzyme-catalyzed rate for a reaction that
removes a phosphate group from a molecule is
diffusion - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the following is not a form of energy?
kinetic, potential, and chemical energy. The child powers the swing with chemical energy in the
muscle cells and the swing moves like a pendulum with changing ratios of kinetic and potential
energy - CORRECT ANSWER - A child swinging on a swing utilizes which type (or types) of
energy?
be converted into heat - CORRECT ANSWER - The ultimate fate of the energy used by
organisms is to
the Earth - CORRECT ANSWER - Identify the closed system in the following list
energy only changes forms - CORRECT ANSWER - according to the first law of
thermodynamics,
heat - CORRECT ANSWER - in general, the form of energy that is least useful to living
organisms is
net salary = gross salary - tax; free energy = total energy-entropy - CORRECT ANSWER -
We can calculate whether a reaction is spontaneous by calculating the change in free energy and
accounting for entropy. Your paycheck always lists your gross pay, net (take home) pay, and tax
withholdings. Which of the following best correlates your paycheck to the changes in free
energy?