IB Biology SL C1.1.2 Role in Metabolism Questions
Practise IB Biology SL 8.1.2 by defining metabolism and explaining how enzymes lower activation energy in linked pathways.
- Syllabus
- First assessment 2025
- Course
- Biology SL
- Level
- SL
Exam points
- Define metabolism as the totality of enzyme-controlled chemical reactions in a cell or organism.
- Explain how specific enzymes control successive metabolic pathway reactions by lowering activation energy and how pathway control can inhibit a step.
Learn this topic
IB Biology SL C1.1.2 Role in Metabolism Questions question 1
[Maximum number: 1]
Define metabolism.
(the web of all) the enzyme-catalyzed reactions in a cell/organism;
OR the totality of an organism's chemical reactions (consisting of catabolic and anabolic pathways which manage the material and energy resources of the cell)
All question bank results loaded