The Chemical Equation
These are the "reactants" in the energy equation.
What are O2 and Food Molecules.
These are the building blocks of everything.
What are atoms?
This system breaks down large food molecules into glucose.
What is the digestive system?
This is the vocabulary term for all chemical reactions happening in our body.
What is metabolism?
This gas is a waste product of cellular respiration.
What is Carbon Dioxide?
The type of energy released to allow our bodies to move.
What is kinetic energy?
This system is responsible for taking in oxygen and letting out carbon dioxide.
What is the respiratory system?
When someone loses weight, the "weight" or atoms leaving the body are actually these two gases.
What are carbon dioxide and water vapor?
The scientific name for the process of "burning" food in our cells.
What is cellular respiration?
The type of energy released that affects our body temperature.
What is thermal energy?
Known as the "highway" this system transports glucose and oxygen to the cells.
What is the circulatory system?
We exhale more carbon dioxide when we exercise because we need more of this.
What is energy?
This is the chemical formula for Glucose.
What is C₆H₁₂O₆?
When atoms break apart and rearrange to form a new substance.
What is chemical reaction?
Besides moving glucose and oxygen to the cells the circulatory system also carries this away from cells.
What is "waste"?
What are carbon dioxide and water?
What is energy?
According to our key model ideas, if you start with 6 Carbon atoms in a chemical reaction, how many must you end with?
What is six?
TRUE OR FALSE: Food molecules convert directly into energy.
This is the specific location where the burning of the food actually happens.
What are the cells?
Children need more of this to create more energy because of their growing needs.
What is fat?