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energy is the ability to do _____
work
when you are sleeping, your cells are busy using energy to build _____ and _____.
proteins and amino acids
energy comes from _____, and the energy in most of it comes from the _____
food, sun
_____ and some other types of organisms are able to use light energy from the sun to produce _____
plants, food
autotrophs
organisms that make their own food
heterotrophs
animals/organisms that can't make their own food
how is mushroom a heterotroph?
it obtain food by decomposing other organisms
to live, all organisms must release the energy in _____ and other compounds
sugar
to live, all organisms must _____ in sugar and other compounds
release energy
ATP is used by _____ types of cells as their basic _____ _____
all, energy source
as the candle burns, high-energy chemical bonds between _____ and _____ atoms in the wax are broken
carbon, hydrogen
the high-energy bonds that are broken as the candle burns are replaced by low-energy bonds between _____, _____, and _____
hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen
the energy of a candle flame s released from _____
electrons
when the electrons in the bonds of candle waxes are shifted from _____ energy levels to _____ energy levels, the _____ _____ is released as heat and light
higher, lower, extra energy
living things use chemical _____ as well
fuels
one of the principal chemical compounds that cells use to _____ and _____ energy is _____ _____
store, release, adenosine triphosphate
ATP consists of _____, _____ called _____, and _____ (number) _____
adenine, 5-carbon sugar called ribose, 3 phosphate groups
what are the key to ATP's ability to _____ and _____ energy?
3 phosphate group, store and release
ADP aka _____ _____
adenosine diphosphate
ADP has #_____ phosphate groups instead of #_____
2, 3
the difference between ADP and ATP's number of phosphate group is the key to the way in which living things _____ _____
store energy
when a cell has energy available, it can store small amounts of it by _____ to _____ molecules, producing _____
adding a phosphate group to ADP molecules, producing ATP
ATP is like a _____ _____ battery
fully charged
how is the energy that is stored in ATP released?
breaking the chemical bond between the 2nd and the 3rd phosphates
because a cell can _____ the third phosphate group, it can _____ energy as needed
subtract, release
ATP has enough energy to power a variety of _____ _____, including _____ _____ across cell membranes, _____ synthesis, and muscle _____
cellular activities, active transport, protein, contradtion
ATP has enough energy to power a variety of cellular activities, including _____, _____, and _____
active transport across cell membranes
protein synthesis
muscle contraction
the characteristics of _____ make it exceptionally useful as the _____ _____ _____ of all cells
ATP, basic energy source
what is one of the ways cells use the energy provided by the ATP?
carry out active transport
many celll membranes contain a _____-_____ pump, a membrane _____ that pumps _____ ions out of the cell and _____ ions into it
sodium-potassium pump, sodium, potassium
ATP provides the energy that keeps the _____-_____ pump working, maintaining a carefully regulated _____ of ions on both side of the cell _____
sodium-potassium pump
balance
membrane
ATP produces _____, too, providing the energy for _____ proteins that move _____ throughout the cell
movement, motor, organelles
Energy from ATP power other important events in the cell, including the synthesis of _____ and _____ _____ and responses to chemical _____ at the cell _____
proteins, nucleic acids, signals, surface
energy from ATP powers other important events in the cell, including the _____ and responses to _____
synthesis of proteins and nucleic acids,
and responses to the chemical signals at the cell surface
the blink of a firefly on a summer night comes from an _____ powered by _____
enzyme, ATP
most cells have only a _____ amount of ATP, enough to last them for a few _____ of activity
small, seconds
even though ATP is a great _____ for transferring energy, it's not a good one for _____ large amounts of energy over the _____ term
molecule, storing, long
a single molecule of the sugar _____ stores more than _____ times the chemical energy of a molecule of _____
glucose, 90, ATP
cells can _____ _____ from _____ as needed by using the energy in foods like _____
regenerate ATP from ADP, glucose