Energy Systems

Question 1

What does ATP stand for?

Answer 1

Adenosine Triphosphate

Question 2

How many phosphate groups does ATP contain?

Answer 2

Three (Tri)

Question 3

How is energy released from ATP?

Answer 3

By breaking off a phosphate group.

Question 4

What does ATP become when 1 phosphate group is removed?

Answer 4

Adenosine Diphosphate (ADP)

Question 5

What does ATP become when 2 phosphate groups are removed?

Answer 5

Adenosine Monophosphate (AMP)

Question 6

ATP is replaced via what 3 systems?

Answer 6

1. The Phosphagen System
2. The Glycolytic System
3. The Aerobic System

Question 7

The Phosphagen System takes a phosphate from ______ to rebuild ATP.

Answer 7

Creatine phosphate (CP)

Question 8

What is another name for Creatine phosphate (CP)?

Answer 8

Phosphocreatine

Question 9

Which energy system is the simplest and fastest?

Answer 9

The Phosphagen System

Question 10

CP is an _____.

Answer 10

Enzyme

Question 11

How many steps does the Phosphagen System take to replenish ATP?

Answer 11

One step.

Question 12

The second energy system is the _______ system.

Answer 12

Glycolytic

Question 13

The Glycolytic System uses a process called ______ to replenish ATP.

Answer 13

Glycolysis

Question 14

Glycolysis is a ___-step process.

Answer 14

10

Question 15

Glycolysis splits _____ molecules into ______ and ______.

Answer 15

Glycolysis splits glucose molecules into subcomponents and energy.

Question 16

The Glycolytic System requires __ ATP to initiate.

Answer 16

2 ATP

Question 17

One cycle of glycolysis yields __ ATP for a net gain of 2 ATP.

Answer 17

4 ATP

Question 18

The third energy system is the _____ system.

Answer 18

Aerobic

Question 19

The aerobic system uses the _______ of glucose left over by glycolysis to release a large amount of ATP.

Answer 19

Subcomponents

Question 20

These leftover glucose subcomponents are called ____.

Answer 20

pyruvate

Question 21

The chain of chemical reactions used by the aerobic system to convert pyruvate into ATP is called the ____ ____.

Answer 21

Krebs cycle.

Question 22

One ‘rotation’ through the Krebs Cycle produces 1 ATP along with several other molecules (NADH and FADH2) which then create even more ATP by going through the _____ ______ chain.

Answer 22

Electron transport

Question 23

The aerobic system is highly _____.

Answer 23

complex

Question 24

The aerobic system is relatively slow but produces more than __ times the amount of ATP as glycolysis alone.

Answer 24

10 times the amount

Question 25

The ______ system is responsible for the vast majority of energy created at rest and for replenishing of the other high-energy molecules (like creatine phosphate).

Answer 25

Aerobic