metabolism

• We need metabolism because life requires energy and. nutrients.
• Nutrients provides nourishment to sustain life.
• Nutrients are not innate to the organisms and we cannot make it ourselves.
• Nutrients are required to maintain homeostasis.
• ATP or Adenosine Triphosphate is the primary organic compound used for energy.
• ATP is the primary energy currency because it contains high energy bonds which breaks off and readily provides energy.
• Metabolism is the chemical processes involved in the production of ATP.
• In metabolism, there is an assimilation of new materials.
• Plants: photosynthesis, producers

  Animals: cellular respiration, consumers
• Catabolic is breaking down while Anabolic is building up.
• Metabolism involves the transfer and transformation of energy and matter.
• Photosynthesis use sun or sunlight as energy sources as well as water and carbon dioxide to form sugar.
• Photosynthesis is outsourced.
• Cellular Respiration involves release of energy in the form of ATP.