BIOB34H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Chilean Mussel, Chemotroph, Glycogen
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Metabolic rate is one of the most widely measure physiological traits in animals . Absorption efficiency = absorbed chemical energy / ingested chemical energy. Chilean mussel filters water: density = assimilation efficiency, suppression of assimilation efficiency when there is a lot of energy they limit the amount of energy so that they do not become obese. Glycogen and protein are eventually converted to atp: converted to atp through chemical oxidation. Atp is used for: biosynthesis build biological molecules using atp, growth and maintenance, to make more cells, as an energy source. Sum of changes in kinetic energy and potential energy (w= ke + pe) Three major ways energy flows out of the body through: exported organic material, external work, heat it is produced anytime a work stops happening (eg. when the blood stops flowing) Different types of energy: sound, mechanical, chemical, electrical, light, nuclear, heat cannot be used to do biosynthesis or work.
