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Energy and ATP: Powering the Cell — Homework
Review the relationship between ATP and ADP before answering.
- 1.What is ATP converted into when it releases usable energy for the cell?
- 2.Explain in one or two sentences why ATP is often described as the cell's "energy currency" rather than its long-term energy storage.
- 3.Write the overall equation for photosynthesis and the overall equation for cellular respiration, then describe one way they mirror each other.
- 4.Name the organelle mainly associated with photosynthesis and the organelle mainly associated with cellular respiration.
- 5.Explain in three or four sentences why no energy conversion, including the ones inside a cell, is ever perfectly efficient.
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