Biology 1201A Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Endothermic Process, Kinetic Energy, Thermodynamics

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Energy: life is an energy driven process, energy can not be measured or weighed, it can however be detected. Detected by its ability to do work: move objects against an opposing force. Chemical gradient, gravity, friction, or moving a chemical reaction towards completion: we can de ne energy as the capacity to do work. Bioenergetics: study of energy in living systems (environments) and the organisms (plants and animals) that utilize it, that energy is 1 of 2 types. Kinetic energy: energy can be transformed bw one form and another. Kinetic energy: energy possessed by an object because it is in motion. Thermodynamics: energy and its transformation - we must always consider the system. First law of thermodynamics: energy ca not be created or destroyed, but only converted to other forms. Principle of the conservation of energy: amount of energy in the universe is constant.

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