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ATP
ATP Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ATP | cells energy |
| What does ATP stand for? | adenosine triphosphate |
| ADP | when ATP releases energy for the cell it loses a phosphate and becomes this molecule |
| What does ADP stand for? | adenosine diphosphate |
| How is ATP made? | the breakdown of food |
| What is the breakdown of ATP used for? | conducting any activity in the cell that requires energy |
| Which phosphate is removed to access the energy? | the bond is broken between the second and the third phosphate to get the energy. |
| how many ATP are made in glycolysis? | 2 |
| How many ATP are made in the electron transport chain? | 32 |
| What organelle makes the majority of the ATP made? | mitochondria |