What does mitchondria do in a cell?

Answer 1

It is responsible for your energy, like chloroplasts in plants. It's also useful for inheritance studies because mitochondrial DNA is passed down directly from mother to child, unlike our chromosomal DNA which is a beautiful meadly from both our parents.

Answer 2

The mitochondria is the site of ATP synthesis. ATP is the energy currency of the cell and the food you eat, especially carbohydrates, yield up ATP during the process of cellular respiration. The cell uses ATP to do cellular work.

Answer 3

Mitochondria are the organelles where energy molecules (ATP adenosine triphosphate) are actually made. The process is often described as the Krebs Cycle or the Citric Acid Cycle, and involves making the high-energy three-phosphate molecule ATP from a lower-energy two-phosphate molecule (ADP - adenosine diphosphate), and then releasing the energy as the molecule converts back to an ADP. Mitochondria are often referred to in Biology class as the "powerhouse" of the cell.

Answer 4

The Mitochondria converts food energy into another form in which is used by the cell to provide energy to the animal.