Chapter 4 Flashcards
Energy
Comes from the sun
All living organisms need source of energy
Heliotropic organisms
Derived their energy from the sun
Energy is
The capacity to do work
3 kinds of energy
Chemical work
Transport work
Mechanical work
Chemical work is
Making and breaking chemical bonds
Transport work is
Cellular level movement
Mechanical work is
Gross movement
2 forms of energy
Kinetic energy
Potential energy
Kinetic energy
Energy of motion, energy in use
Potential energy
Store energy, concentration gradients & chemical bonds
Energy can be converted from
One form to another
Transformation efficiency
More heat = less efficient
Thermodynamics
Total amount of energy is constant
First Law of thermodynamics
Total amount of energy in universe is constant does NOT change
ENERGY IS NEITHER CREATED NOR DESTROYED IN A CHEMICAL REACTION
FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
Second law of thermodynamics
State of order to disorder
Entropy
2nd law of thermodynamics
Slowed down by input of energy
Bioenergetics
Study of energy for through biological systems
3 types of Bioenergetics
Chemical reactions
Free energy
Activation energy
Chemical Reaction
How fast it happens, reaction rate
Free energy
Potential energy stored in chemical bonds, within the chemicals
Activation Energy
PUSH to get started
“Jumpstart”
Total amount of energy is constant
First law
Exergonic reactions
Energy PRODUCING/ RELEASING
Endergonic
Energy utilizing/ trapping
Enzyme
Proteins (RNA)
- Speed up the rate of chemical REACTIONS
Catalysts
Speeds up chemical PROCESS
- Chemical reaction does NOT require enzymes