What is ATP? Recap- Amoeba Sisters

Multiple Choice

ATP is introduced as an energy currency. What does ATP stand for?

• adenosine triphosphate

• adenosine diphosphate

• acetyl tripotassium

• active transport protein

Multiple Choice

Which of the following results in the release of energy in terms of the ATP/ADP cycle?

• The breaking of the bond between the 5-carbon sugar and the 1st phosphate group

• The addition of a phosphate group

• The removal of a phosphate group

• The addition of glucose 

Multiple Choice

What type of biomolecule is ATP?

• carbohydrate

• lipid

• protein

• nucleic acid

Multiple Choice

As a modified nucleotide, ATP has three major components. What component is labeled 1 in the diagram?

• sugar

• phosphate

• base

• triglyceride

Multiple Choice

As a modified nucleotide, ATP has three major components. What component is labeled 2 in the diagram?

• sugar

• phosphate

• base

• triglyceride

Multiple Choice

As a modified nucleotide, ATP has three major components. What component is labeled 3 in the diagram?

• sugar

• phosphate

• base

• triglyceride

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a cellular process that can involve ATP?

• active transport

• muscle contractions

• cell signaling/ communication

• beating cilia/ flagella

• all of the options can involve ATP

Multiple Choice

What is it about the structure of ATP that contributes to its ability to act as an energy currency?

• The bond between the 2nd & 3rd phosphate is unstable/ weak.

• The bond between the 2nd & 3rd phosphate is strong.

• The bond between the 1st & 2nd phosphate is unstable/ weak.

• The bond between the 1st & 2nd phosphate is strong.

Multiple Choice

When a phophate is transferred from ATP, it can phosphorylate another molecule. How coult this assist in allowing a protein to transport molecules against their concentration gradient?

• It enables the ATP to become ADP.

• It enables ADP to become ATP.

• It enables the protein to change shape.

• It enables the protein to become magnetically charged.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following results in the storage of energy in terms of the ATP/ADP cycle?

• The breaking of the bond between the 5-carbon sugar and the 1st phosphate group

• The addition of a phosphate group

• The removal of a phosphate group

• The addition of glucose