Forms of Energy
The capacity to cause change.
What is energy?
Release energy
What is exergonic reaction?
The study of energy transformation that occur in a collection of matter
What is thermodynamics?
A diverse group of molecules that are classified together because the share one trait and are hydrophobic
What is lipids?
Macromolecules, polymers of hundreds to thousands of monosaccharides may function as storage molecules or structural compounds
What is polysaccharides?
The energy of motion
What is kinetic energy?
Requires a net input of energy and yield products that are rich in potential energy.
What is endergonic reactions?
A measure of disorder or randomness
What is entropy?
A large lipid made from two kinds of similar molecules: glycerol and fatty acids
What is fat?
A storage polysaccharide in plants
What is starch?
A type of kinetic energy associated with the random movement of atoms or molecules
What is thermal energy?
The total of an organism's chemical reactions
What is metabolism?
The law of energy in the universe that is constant
What is first law of thermodynamics?
A fatty acid whose hydrocarbon chain contains one or more double bond
What is unsaturated fatty acids?
Animal store glucose in a polysaccharide
What is glycogen?
Thermal energy in transfer from one object to another
What is heat?
A series of chemical reactions that either builds a complex or breaks down a complex into simpler compounds.
What is metabolic pathways?
The law that states every energy conversion increases the entropy of the universe.
What is the second law of thermodynamics?
A fatty acid that has no double bonds in its hydrocarbon chain has the maximum number of hydrogen attached to each carbon atom
What are saturated fatty acids?
A structural polysaccharide used by insects and crustaceans to build their exoskeleton
What is chitin?
The potential energy available for release in a chemical reaction
What is chemical energy?
The use of energy released from exergonic reactions to drive endergonic reactions
What is energy coupling?
The aerobic harvesting of energy from food molecules
What is cellular respiration?
A form of fat that in recent studies associate with health risk
What is trans fats?
The most abundant organic compound on earth
What is cellulose?