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Human Digestion
Human Perspective
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Biology
Undergraduate 3
02/07/2010

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Energy is the capacity to do work. Energy does not appear from nowhere, and  and it does not vanish into nothing. Energy cannot be created or destroyed.

THis concept is called the first law of thermodynamics.

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ENERGY is the capacity to do work. Energy does not appear from nowhere, and  and it does not vanish into nothing. Energy cannot be created or destroyed.

THis concept is called the first law of thermodynamics.

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ENERGY

THere is an unchanging amount of energy in the universe that is distributed in many forms, such as sunlight, motion, and heat

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ENERGY is either in play or storage. Ball bouncing energy in play.  A ball perched on the top shelf of yur closet has energy in storage.
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Energy

Potential energy is a capacity to cause change because of where an object is located or how its parts are arranged. Potential energy . ATP is potential energy (atoms in certain arrangement)

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Myosin a protein with a role in contraction. That energy makes muscle contraction.
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Kinetic Energy the energy of motion

THe chemcial energy of ATP is converted to kineti c energy, the energy of motion, as in muscle that help you bounce

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Thermal Energy
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Entropy

is a measure of how much the energy in the universe, or any given part of it, has been dispersed.  This is the second law of thermodynamics

 

 

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Kilocalories

is the amount of energy it takes to heat 1,000 grams of water by 1 C at a standard pressure.

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Reactants

Molecules that enter a reaction

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Products

Those remaingn at the end of the reaction

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