Unit 2: Biochemistry (Week 3-4)

Post date: Jan 21, 2015 2:18:10 AM

SC Std. B-2.8 Explain the factors that affect the rates of biochemical reactions (including pH, temperature and the role of enzymes as catalysts.)

Important Vocabulary: compound, element, carbon, enzyme, catalyst, substrate, activation energy, active site, pH Scale, buffer, acid, base, hydronium ion, hydroxide ion, solvent, solute, solution, macromolecule, lipid, protein, carbohydrate, nucleic acid, monosaccaharide, disaccarharide, reactants, products.