ATP

Question 1

What is the equation for the oxidation of glucose?

Answer 1

glucose + oxygen -> carbon dioxide + water

Question 2

Is the oxidation of glucose exothermic or endothermic?

Answer 2

Exothermic

Question 3

How is the energy in respiration released?

Answer 3

As chemical energy called ATP

Question 4

What is ATP built up from?

Answer 4

ADP and a phosphate

Question 5

What does ATP stand for?

Answer 5

Adenosine triphosphate

Question 6

What does ADP stand for?

Answer 6

Adenosine diphosphate

Question 7

What type of reaction is the formation of ATP?

Answer 7

Reversible

Question 8

Which enzyme catalyses the reaction from ATP - ADP + Pi?

Answer 8

ATP hydrolase

Question 9

What type of reaction is ATP - ADP + Pi?

Answer 9

Hydrolysis reaction

Question 10

Which enzyme catalyses the reaction from ADP + Pi - ATP?

Answer 10

ATP synthase

Question 11

What type of reaction is ADP + Pi - ATP?

Answer 11

Condensation (synthesis)

Question 12

What are some features of ATP which makes it easy to use?

Answer 12

• Its soluble
• Energy can be released quickly and very easily
• 1 molecule of ATP stores a much smaller amount of energy than 1 molecule of glucose
• Can be used when needed - more useful to cells

Question 13

How many molecules of ATP can be created from 1 molecule of glucose?

Answer 13

30

Question 14

What is the energy in ATP used for?

Answer 14

• Muscle contraction
• Biosynthesis
• Active transport