Biology 1202B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Calorie, Exergonic Process, Chemical Equilibrium

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Bioenergetics: 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 define energy as the capacity to do work. The study of energy in living systems (environments) and the organisms (plants and animals) that utilize it. That energy is 1 of 2 types: o. Potential energy: kinetic energy, the transformation is inefficient. Energy can be transformed between one form and another. Stored energy: due to location or chemical structure, energy of position, ex. boulder at the top of a cliff has potential energy because of its position in the gravitational field of earth. Energy possessed by an object because it is in motion: bolder rolling down a hill o, ex. waves in the ocean. Study of energy and its transformation- we must always consider the system (object being studied) Everything outside the system is called the surroundings.

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