Study Guide: Biology Unit 2A Energy Transformations
Enzymes, Water, Photosynthesis, Cellular Respiration
Enzymes
1. In what suffix do most enzymes end?
2. Why are enzymes referred to as biological catalysts?
3. What analogy is used to describe the specificity of enzymes and substrates?
4. Be able to interpret a graph of activation energy
Properties of Water
1. Why is water a polar molecule?
2. Why is it important that water has a high specific heat?
3. Name the remaining four properties of water that are important to living things, and give an example of
each.
4. What type of weak connections is responsible for the properties in question 3?
Photosynthesis
1. Write the overall equation for photosynthesis and identify the reactants and products.
2. What is the main goal of photosynthesis?
3. In which organelle does photosynthesis take place?
4. What are the two reactions in photosynthesis?
5. Summarize what occurs in each reaction
Cellular Respiration
1. Write the overall equation for cellular respiration and identify the reactants and products.
2. What is the main goal of cellular respiration?
3. In which organelle does cellular respiration take place?
4. What are the three parts of aerobic cellular respiration?
5. Name the two types of fermentation, and identify where each occurs (in what organisms)?
6. How are photosynthesis and cellular respiration connected?