1) RESPIRATION Flashcards
Explain what respiration is
The process of releasing ENERGY into EVERY cell from the ๐ท๐๐๐ถ๐๐น๐๐๐ of ORGANIC COMPOUNDS usually glucose.
Why do cells need energy?
keeps the cell alive
What type of process does the energy produced in respiration power?
Protein synthesis,
growth and repair,
cell division
What does the molecule ATP stand for?
A-DENO-SINE TRIPHOS-PHATE (ATP)
What does ATP do?
ATP ๐ช Provides energy for cells๐ช
Why is ATP used as the ENERGY CARRYING MOLECULE in cells?
Can RELEASE energy from its bonds๐ VERY quickly
How does the process of respiration produce ATP in living organisms?
(how does respiration produce ATP)
Once the ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ข ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ข has been broken apart.
The โก ENERGY โก stored in the bond is RELEASED.๐
And then is โLOCKED UPโ ๐ in the bonds of a molecule called ATP.
How does ATP release energy?
Byโ๏ธ breakingโ๏ธ the final phosphate OFF the molecule
Why ELSE is ATP efficient as the energy carrying molecule?
ATP can be recycled โป๏ธ so thereโs always a READY SUPPLY of ENERGY RICH ATP in the cells for processes
What happens when ATP releases energy?
ATP becomes ADENOSINE DI-PHOSPHATE
What is ADENOSINE DI-PHOSPHATE?
A low energy molecule
What does the body do with ADENOSINE DI-PHOSPHATE?
ADP can be converted back to ATP by ADDING a phosphate
