Analyze and evaluate the formation of ATP.

Glycolysis - begins glucose metabolism in all cells to produce 2 molecules of pyruvate. Occurs outside of mitochondria, usually in cytoplasm. Cellular Respiration - uses oxygen from the environment and converts each pyruvate to three molecules of carbon dioxide while trapping the energy released in this process in ATP.

ATP or adenosine triphosphate is the primary energy molecule in all the living organism on earth.

When the cells require energy the ATP is broken down by the process of hydrolysis and the phosphoryl group is removed releasing energy for the cellular processes.

ATP production in the human body takes place by various processes like Kreb's cycle, glycolysis, beta oxidation.

This molecule provides energy for all the cellular processes of body.