Metabolism Includes________ Reactions, Which Release Energy and Result in the Breakdown

question 84

Multiple Choice

Metabolism includes________ reactions, which release energy and result in the breakdown of large biomolecules, and ________reactions, which require a net input of energy and result in the synthesis of large biomolecules.

• A) anabolic : catabolic
• B) phosphorylation : dephosphorylation
• C) oxidation : reduction
• D) reduction : oxidation
• E) catabolic : anabolic

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