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4 Metabolism and Enzyme

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. In chemical reactions, atoms are

a. created.
b. destroyed.
c. rearranged.
d. neutralized.
____ 2. When hydrogen and oxygen combine to form water, water is
a. a product.
b. a reactant.
c. an enzyme.
d. a catalyst.

____ 3. Identify the reactant(s) in the chemical reaction, CO 2 + H2O  H2CO3.

a. CO2, H2O, and H2CO3
b. CO2 and H2O
c. H2CO3
d. CO2
____ 4. What is the process that changes one set of chemicals into another set of chemicals?
a. cohesion
b. hydrogen bonding
c. chemical reaction
d. dissolving
____ 5. The energy needed to get a reaction started is the
a. adhesion energy.
b. activation energy.
c. cohesion energy.
d. chemical energy.
____ 6. Chemical reactions that release energy
a. will not occur.
b. need catalysts to occur.
c. will always explode.
d. often occur spontaneously.
____ 7. If a reaction in one direction releases energy, the reaction in the opposite direction
a. also releases energy.
b. absorbs energy.
c. destroys energy.
d. cannot occur.