Metabolism

• What is metabolism?

  The sum of all the reactions in a cell or the body.
• What controls metabolic processes?

  Enzymes.
• Give an example of a metabolic reaction.

  Glucose being converted to starch, glycogen, or cellulose.
• What happens to proteins during metabolism?

  They are broken down into amino acids.
• What is urea in relation to metabolism?

  It forms from the breakdown of proteins for excretion.
• How is the energy transferred in the cells by respiration used in the processes of metabolism?


  Used to make new molecules