Biology 1202B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Chemical Energy, Enthalpy, Thermodynamics

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4. 1- energy and the laws of thermodynamics: energy: capacity to do work. 4. 1a- energy exists in different forms: chemical, electrical, mechanical. Uv light is energy: energy is easily transformed from one to another. Chemical energy in battery is covered into electrical energy that passes the bulb (transformed into light and heat: grouped into kinetic or potential. The further an electron from the nucleus, the more potential energy the electron has. Electrons lose energy as they get closer to the nucleus and gains energy when it moves further away. Electronegativity (tendency of an atom to attract electrons) influences an atoms potential energy: oxygen and nitrogen have lower potential energy as their electrons are tightly packed near the nucleus. 4. 1b- the laws of thermodynamics: describe energy and its transformation, system: object being studied can be anything, surroundings: everything outside system (isolated, open and closed, isolated: does not exchange matter or energy with surroundings.

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