Biology 1202B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Kinetic Energy, Energy, Enzyme

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Energy is the capacity to do work: move objects against an opposing force. Chemical gradient, gravity, friction or moving a chemical reaction towards completion. Energy can be transformed from one form to another: the transformation is inefficient. Energy possessed by an object because it is in motion: boulder down a hill, photon of light. Stored energy: due to location or chemical structure. Boulder sitting at top of a hill, just needs a little push to produce kinetic energy: energy of position (positions of electrons in molecules) Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only change forms: principle of conservation of energy. Amount of energy in universe is constant. Total disorder (entropy) of a system and its surroundings will increase: energy will always become more spread out (spontaneously occurs) Energy transfer in a biochemical reaction is also inefficient: a certain % of energy is lost to entropy, energy remaining is free energy and available to do biological work.

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