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They don't store anything - they burn hydrogen to produce ATP (which they release).

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Can the mitochondria store and transfer energy?

Mitochondria release energy of glucose. This energy is stored in ATP


What do mitochondria store when they burn glucose?

They store energy in ATP.CO2 and water is removed.


What is a substance that store energy released by mitochondria?

ATP is a substance that stores energy released by mitochondria.


Can chloroplasts make Glucose at night?

Chloroplasts must capture the sunlight during the day and make it into Glucose, STARCH, or store it in the mitochondria as ATP energy. After this happens they will then rely on the mitochondria for glucose at night. Either way, the plant must have energy at all times. Hence why it is stored in the mitochondria.


What provides the cell with energy in form of ATP?

Mitochondria provides the ATP for cell.It oxidize glucose and store energy in ATP.


Does mitochondria release or store energy?

Mitochondria release energy through a process called cellular respiration, which produces ATP (adenosine triphosphate) - the main energy currency of the cell. Mitochondria convert food molecules into ATP through the series of reactions in the electron transport chain.


Does mitochondria store chemical energy?

Mitochondria converts energy


Does the energy stored in mitochondria make ATP in light reactions?

The term "light reaction" does not really apply when speaking of mitochondria. Mitochondria are like furnaces. You put the wood in, light it, and it gives off heat. You put glucose into the mitochondria and the membranes facilitate the breakdown of that glucose to release the energy that was trapped in the carbon bonds. That energy is now stored as ATP. Mitochondria do not store energy, just as a furnace doesn't store heat. They process the fuel (glucose) to release energy--day or night. "Light reaction" is more aptly applied to photosynthesis, which does depend on light energy for the first part of the reaction.


What is one way that ATP is used in cells?

Glucose is taken up by mitochondria and used to make ATP


What does a mitochondria produce?

Mitochondria produce ATP.It carries out respiration.It oxidizes glucose and store released eergy in ATP


Cell organelle which converts food energy into cellular?

Mitochondria. However, it only converts glucose (a simple sugar) to ATP (usable energy). There are many more enzymes that break down complex sugars to simple sugars. Glucose is the ONLY form of sugar that the mitochondria can convert to ATP. Other simple sugars like galactose and fructose need to be converted to glucose first.


What organelle is used to break down glucose?

Glucose is broken down during cellular respiration to produce a form of energy the cell can use.The first stage, glycolysis, occurs in the cytoplasm of the cell. The other phases occur in the mitochondria.