The processes of life are dependent upon the cell’s ability to perform chemical reactions. Chemical reactions are necessary to both cell structure and function

Performing chemical reactions in cells type

Cell’s metabolism is divided into two parts

Chemical reactions that breakdown the chemical bonds of a molecule

• these are called catabolic reactions
• Catabolic reactions

Chemical Reactions that use energy to build new chemical bond and new molecules

• these are anabolic reactions
• Anabolic reactions are most like to require the cell to spend stored energy to build molecules and structures