Osmosis-The net movement of

Osmosis Diffusion
DEV water molecules from a region of
AGARWAL higher water potential to a region
C9c of lower water potential to a
KEY TERMS partially permeable membrane.
Turgid- A description of a plant
Particies-The smaliest pieces of cell that is tight and firm
which sut betenee is mader
particles can be molecules Flaccid- A description of a plant Alimentary Canat Theepart of the
atoms or ions
cell that is soft aig
passes as it me from the mouth to
Kinetic Energy-Energy of moving Plasmolysed- A decription of a the anus
objects cell in which the cell membnbrane
Diffusion-The net movement of tears away from the cell wall Catalyst-A substance that increases
the rate of a chemical reaction and is
particles from a region of their Active Transport- The movement
higher concentration to region not changed by the reaction
of their lower coecentration, c of molecules or ions through a
their random cell membrane from a region of Enzymes- Proteins that are involved in
movement. lower concentration to a region of all metabolic reactions where they
higher concentration function as biological catalysts
Concentration gradient-An Concentration Gradient
imaginary "Slope' from a higher Amylase-An enzyme that catalayses he
concentration to low Active site-The part of an breakdown of starch through maltose
concentration. enzymes molecule to which the
Compound-A substance formed substrate temporarily binds Protease- An enzyme that catalyses
by the chemical combination of Complementary- With a perfect the breakdown of protein to amino
2 or more elements in fix mirror-image shape acids
proportions.
Product- The new substance catalase-An enzyme that catayses the
Partially permeable membrane formed by a chemical reaction breakdown of hydrogen peroxide to
A n n n that etme water and oxygen
particles move through it but
prevents others passing through
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Substrate Lipases-Enzymes that break
down lipids
Active site
Sucrase- An enzyme that
breaks down sucrose
Enzyme

Substrate-A substance that

an enzyme causes to react
Carbohydrases-Enzymes
that break down optimum- best; for
example, the optimum
Carbohydrates
temperature of an enzyme
enzyme-substrate
complex: the short-lived
is the temperuetat which
its activity is THANK
structure formed as the Maltase- An enzyme that
substrate binds
temporarily to the active
catalyses the breakdown of
Maltos and glucose YOU
site of an enzyme Maltose Glucose Glucose
CHOH CH,OH HOH
specificity- of enzyrmes, Maltase
+
only able to act on a
particular (specific)
substrate CuH,, CH,0,