Biology Basics: ATP and Nutrition

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What is Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP)?

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The compound in which cells use to store and release energy.

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How is energy stored in ATP?

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Energy in ATP is stored as chemical bond energy between the 2nd and 3rd phosphate groups.

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What must happen to release energy from ATP?

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The high energy phosphate bond must be broken to release energy.

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What is heterotrophic nutrition?

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It is a type of nutrition where organisms cannot make their own food and must obtain ready-made nutrients from other living organisms.

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What are organisms that rely on heterotrophic nutrition called?

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Heterotrophs.

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What is autotrophic nutrition?

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It is the process by which an organism makes its own food substances organic from simple inorganic substances.

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What are organisms capable of autotrophic nutrition called?

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Autotrophs.

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What is the most common form of autotrophic nutrition?

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Photosynthesis.

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What is photosynthesis?

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The process by which autotrophs use the energy of sunlight to produce high energy carbohydrates (i.e., sugars, starches).

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What pigment is involved in photosynthesis and where is it found?

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Chlorophyll, found in chloroplasts.