3.11 - ATP

Question 1

What is ATP known as?

Answer 1

Universal energy currency

Question 2

What does ATP stand for?

Answer 2

Adenosine triphosphate

Question 3

What is ATP?

Answer 3

A nucleotide

Question 4

What is ATP and it’s function?

Answer 4

Energy carrying molecule that provides the energy to drive many processes inside living cells

Question 5

What type of a nucleotide is ATP?

Answer 5

Phosphorylated nucleotide

Question 6

How does ATP release energy?

Answer 6

a small amount of energy Is required to break the relatively weak bond holding the last phosphate group in ATP

Question 7

What does the instability of the phosphate bonds in ATP mean?

Answer 7

Not a good long-term energy store

Question 8

What are some properties of ATP?

Answer 8

• small - moves easily in and out of and within cells
• water soluble- energy requiring processes happen in aqueous environments
• contains bonds between phosphates with intermediate energy - large enough to be useful for cellular reactions but not so large that energy is wasted as heat
• releases energy in small quantities- quantities are suitable to most cellular needs so that energy is not wasted as heat
• easily regenerated - can be recharged with energy