9.1 Enery and Life

Energy forms

Light, heat, electricity, and food

ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate) structure

• 5 carbon sugar called Ribose

• 3 phosphate groups 

• Adenine

what is atp used for

active transport, movement, protein synthesis, signal response, and light conversion.

what type of energy storage is atp

short term

long-term energy storage

Glucose

What characteristic makes ATP a useful basic energy source for all cells? 

ATP can release and store energy by breaking and re-forming the bond between its phosphate groups.

ADP- Adenosine Diphosphate structure

• 5 carbon sugar called Ribose

• 2 phosphate groups 

• Adenine

how is adp created

chemical bonds between the second and third phosphate groups in ATP are broken

how does heterotrophs get food

eating

how does plants, some algae, and some bacteriaget food

photosynthesis.

how does Mushrooms and other decomposers get food

absorbing nutrients from decomposing organisms.