Carbohydrates are important in the body because they contribute to the body's ability to a. produce atp. b. regulate temperature. c. produce amino acids. d. absorb water.

The correct answer option is A. produce ATP.

Explanation:

Carbohydrates are important in the body because they contribute to the body's ability to produce ATP.

When a person eats food, that food is digested by breaking down the carbohydrates to in turn produce an energy rich component called ATP (adenosine triphosphate).

The carbohydrates are broken down by certain enzymes in the small intestine in the form of glucose which then yields ATP to drive the cell.

1. the energy lost to disorder metabolism     -entropy

2. related to or possessing motion potential     -kinetic

3. all of the chemical reactions in an organism required for maintenance of the processes of life entropy     -metabolism

4. possible; ability to go into action or perform work kinetic     -potential

5. the study of energy and its transformations thermodynamics     -thermodynamics

after a the power stroke, adp is released, but the cross-bridge formed is still in place. atp then binds to myosin, moving the myosin to its high-energy state, releasing the myosin head from the actin active site.