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KEY CONCEPT
All cells need chemical energy.
Chemical Energy and ATP
Starch molecule
Glucose molecule
A six-carbon sugar
made by plants during
photosynthesis.
Used for energy!
Chemical Energy and ATP
What is ATP?
Adenosine triphosphate, a molecule that transfers
energy from the breakdown of food molecules to cell
processes.
phosphate removed
ADP is a lower-energy
molecule that can be
converted into ATP by the
addition of a phosphate group.
Chemical Energy and ATP
Food molecules
are supplying phosphate removed
the energy to
ADD a
phosphate
group to ADP,
converting it
once again to
ATP!
Chemical Energy and ATP