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Digital Day - What is ATP?

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Watch the Amoeba Sisters video linked on this slide. Make sure you make it FULLSCREEN.

Have you watched the video?

a)

Yes

b)

No

2.

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

a)

adenosine triphosphate

b)

adenosine disphosphate

c)

acetyl tripotassium

d)

active transport proteins

3.

What type of biomolecule is ATP?

a)

carbohydrate

b)

lipid

c)

protein

d)

nucleic acid

4.

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

a)

sugar

b)

phosphate

c)

base

d)

triglyceride

5.

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

a)

sugar

b)

phosphate

c)

base

d)

triglyceride

6.

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

a)

sugar

b)

phosphate

c)

base

d)

triglyceride

7.

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

a)

sugar

b)

phosphate

c)

base

d)

triglyceride

8.

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

a)

active transport

b)

muscle contractions

c)

cell signaling/ communication

d)

beating cilia/ flagella

e)

all of the options can involve ATP

9.

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

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

10.

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?

a)

It enables the ATP to become ADP.

b)

It enables ADP to become ATP.

c)

It enables the protein to change shape.

d)

It enables the protein to become magnetically charged.