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