Video Notes: Metabolism and Characteristics of Life

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Metabolism

The total of all chemical reactions in a living organism, including anabolic and catabolic processes, that sustain life by transforming energy and building or maintaining cellular components.

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Anabolic reactions

Metabolic pathways that build larger, more complex molecules from smaller ones, requiring energy input.

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Catabolic reactions

Metabolic pathways that break down larger molecules into simpler ones, releasing energy.

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Characteristic of life: Metabolism

One of the key traits of living organisms; metabolism encompasses all chemical reactions that sustain life.