Energy & Living Things

2. Example of small molecule used in anabolism to build larger molecules.
4. Energy cannot be created, so living organisms rely on energy _____.
7. Organisms that get energy from other living things
10. ATP serves as manageable _____ of energy for the cell.
13. Meat-eating example of a heterotroph
15. Process of breaking down large molecules into smaller ones to release energy.
16. How many million ATP molecules are used and regenerated every second in a working muscle cell?
17. The part of ATP responsible for releasing and storing energy

1. Living things rely on energy found in their _____.
3. Where autotrophs get the energy they convert into food energy
5. Organisms that produce their own food.
6. Abbreviation for the temporary form of energy used by the cell
8. The sum of the chemical processes that an organism uses to get energy from food to grow and function
9. Large molecules like starches and fats store energy in this form.
11. Process of combining small molecules to make larger ones that store energy
12. The energy released during catabolism is usually in this form.
14. This is where the energy is stored in large molecules.
18. How many phosphate groups are lost when ATP reacts with water?