BIOL 1107 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Chemical Energy, Potential Energy, Organic Compound

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Organisms can be classified according to their energy and carbon sources. Phototrophs: organisms that capture energy from sunlight: plants use energy of sunlight to convert co2 and water into sugar and oxygen, sugars contain energy in their chemical bonds, which can be used to synthesize atp. Autotrophs: organisms that convert co2 into glucose. Heterotrophs: organisms that obtain their carbon from organic molecules synthesized by other animals, (preformed organic molecules). Metabolism is the set of chemical reactions that sustain life. Metabolism: the entire set of the chemical reactions that convert molecules into other molecules and transfer energy in living organisms. Kinetic energy and potential energy are two forms of energy. Potential energy: stored energy, depends on the structure of the object or its position relative to its surroundings: released by a change in the object"s structure or position. Chemical energy is a form of potential energy.

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