Metabolism

These are organisms that make their own food.

Which one is NOT a heterotroph?

• herbivores

• carnivores

• omnivores

• producers

Autotrophs are producers and heterotrophs are _______.

The molecule that cells use to temporarily store energy is ______.

• Adenosine triphosphate

• Adenosine diphosphate

• glucose

A chemical process where organisms get energy from food or sunlight and store it in their cells.

• anabolism

• catabolism

• metabolism

A chemical process where organisms use the stored energy to carry on life processes.

• metabolism

• catabolism

• anabolism

It is the sum of all chemical processes that an organism uses to get energy from food to grow and function.

Why can't cells directly use the energy from glucose?

• Glucose has too little energy.

• Glucose has too much energy.

• Glucose contain only single bonds.

Why do cells have a continuous supply of ATP?

• Cells store more ATP than they can use.

• ATP molecules can be used to store energy repeatedly.

• ADP is recycled to make more ATP.

Energy is released from ATP when it reacts with water to produce ADP.

• True

• False