ATP - uses of ATP With Test Questions
And Answers
What are the 6 main uses of ATP? - Answer - 1. Metabolic processes
2. Movement
3. Active transport
4. Endocytosis and exocytosis
5. Cell division
6. Activation of molecules
Metabolic processes - Answer - ATp provides energy needed to build up polymers from smaller
monomers:
1. protein synthesis from amino acids
2. Polysaccharide synthesis from monosacharides
3. DNA/RNa synthesis from nucleotides
Movement - Answer - ATP provides the energy for muscle contraction, enabling filaments of the muscle
to slide past one another and therefore shorten the overall length of the muscle fibre.
Active Transport - Answer - ATp provides the energy to change the shape of carrier proteins in the
plasma membrane, allowing ions and molecules to be moves against their concentration gradient.
Edndocytosis/ Exocytosis - Answer - ATP provides the energy for the movement of vesicles either into
or out of the cell
Cell Division - Answer - ATP provides the energy for the contraction of spindle fibres separating
chromosomes during Anaphase of mitosis and meiosis
And Answers
What are the 6 main uses of ATP? - Answer - 1. Metabolic processes
2. Movement
3. Active transport
4. Endocytosis and exocytosis
5. Cell division
6. Activation of molecules
Metabolic processes - Answer - ATp provides energy needed to build up polymers from smaller
monomers:
1. protein synthesis from amino acids
2. Polysaccharide synthesis from monosacharides
3. DNA/RNa synthesis from nucleotides
Movement - Answer - ATP provides the energy for muscle contraction, enabling filaments of the muscle
to slide past one another and therefore shorten the overall length of the muscle fibre.
Active Transport - Answer - ATp provides the energy to change the shape of carrier proteins in the
plasma membrane, allowing ions and molecules to be moves against their concentration gradient.
Edndocytosis/ Exocytosis - Answer - ATP provides the energy for the movement of vesicles either into
or out of the cell
Cell Division - Answer - ATP provides the energy for the contraction of spindle fibres separating
chromosomes during Anaphase of mitosis and meiosis
