Chemistry Basics for Biologists 4.0

Reaction = rxn

Reactants are on the left of the arrow

Products are on the right of the arrow

https://dlc.dcccd.edu/biology1-3/functional-groups-and-biomolecules

These reactions need to be heated up in order for them to happen

Since heat needs to go into the reaction, we call these reactions endothermic or endergonic.

You will be asked to identify an endothermic or endergonic reaction on your test.

https://biologydictionary.net/endergonic-reaction/

These reactions release heat

Since heat exits out the reaction, we call these reactions exothermic or exergonic.

You will be asked to identify an exothermic or exergonic reaction on your test.

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Structural_Biochemistry/Exergonic_reaction

Sometimes, your body needs reactions to occur quickly.

You don't have the time to heat things up slowly.

So your body has figured out how to use catalysts called enzymes to help speed things up.

You will be asked to recognize that a catalyst is being used in a graph.

http://ch302.cm.utexas.edu/kinetics/catalysts/catalysts-all.php