Question

Describe what characteristics of a chemical reaction allow biological systems to operate with energetic efficiency yet exert control over these processes.

Answer 1

ANSWER :-

Human body required reactions to run their body system, which is commonly known as metabolism. Metabolism involved, two types of reactions anabolism and catabolism. Both these, anabolism and catabolism plays an vital role in various functioning of body system. All these reactions requires the enzymes, without the enzymes these reaction are not possible to be complete. These are the biological reaction, which only takes place in living cells.

If we talk about the chemical reactions, we known that the chemical reaction requires sufficient amount of energy to work. Human body also reqires these chemicals energy for their biological processes. So the energy can be kinetic energy or potential energy, human beings have potential energy stored in the bonds atoms and molecules. So, the chemical energy in the form of potential energy is which energy is stored in chemical bonds. When these bonds are formed, the energy is used and when these bonds breaks the energy is released.

There are different characteristics of such types of reactions like :- exergonic reaction, in which the chemical reaction release more energy than they absorb. Example of exergonic reaction is catabolism. In endergonic reaction, the chemical reaction absorb more energy than they release.

All chemical reactions begins with the reactants on which a particular enzyme act and gives the product. The important thing to understand is that the chemical reactions are governed by the law of conservation of mass, which states that the matter can not be created and nor be destroyed in a chemical reaction.

The anabolic reaction always requires energy , which is stored within the compounds bonds, these reactions are also known as synthesis reactions. While in catabolism reaction, the energy is released. Together these reactions maintain the energy efficiency, and control all the biological processes.