What it is used for:
ATP is used in cells to generate energy to help them make food and allow the organelles to run their activities for the cell to survive. Ex: The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell. This organelle allows everything to run. The mitochondria has folds on it to help it generate more ATP for the other organelles to use.
ATP Broken Down:
Adenosine
Tri
Phosphate
The second letter in the word determines how many phosphates there are. So in ATP, the second word is tri; that means there is 3 phosphates in it and the amount of phosphates = the energy level.
Reflection:
While looking at the information on ATP, there really isn't that much you need to remember which is a good thing. Somethings that you need to know are that there are there different types of energy (ATP, ADP, AMP) and occurs in the mitochondria. On this topic, I already knew that that the middle letter in ATP, ADP, AMP tells you the number of phosphates in it and what each one stands for. Thats why I like this topic because there really isn't that much to remember on this which. This can be used outside of biology like if you wanted to be a nutritionist. Nutritionist need to know whether or not their patient is getting enough ATP in their foods in order for their bodies to work right.
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