Problem 1.1:
Fill in the blanks. A reaction that is energetically favorable will _________
energy while one
that is energetically unfavorable will _________ energy.
Problem 1.2:
What is the name given to organisms that acquire external energy from the sun?
What about those that acquire energy from the ingestion of food?
Problem 1.3:
Fill in the blanks. Metabolic reactions that involve the degradation of
molecules are classified as _________ while those that involve the synthesis of
molecules are called
__________.
Problem 1.4:
Which class of metabolic reaction involves the loss of electrons?
Problem 1.5:
Which class of metabolic reaction does not actually change to atomic composition
of a molecule?