BIOL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Cellular Respiration, Kinetic Energy, Food Energy

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Two basic forms of energy: potential- stored energy, kinetic- energy of motion, two forms are converted back and forth, during conversions, some lost as heat. Food energy in calories calorie: amount of heat required to raise temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 c: kilocalorie or calorie = 1,000 calories, value listed in food package. Energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can be changed from one form to another. Energy cannot be changed from one form to another without a loss of usable energy: hear is the least usable form of energy. Every energy transformation leads to an increase in the amount of disorganization or disorder. Only way to maintain or bring about order is to add energy. Our universe is a closed system: all energy transformations increase the total entropy of the universe. Energy provided by sun allows plants to make glucose from the more disorganized water and carbon dioxide.

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