Food and fuels Flashcards
What is energy measured in?
Joules
What do we use more joules or kilojoules?
Kilojoules
How much is 1kj?
1kj=1000 joules
What do food leables tell you?
How much energy is associated with the food
When you choose which foods to eat what do you need to consider?
Nutrition value of the food as well as the energy that is stored
What are coal and choclates both stores off?
Energy
What do you need to burn food and fuels?
Oxygen
Why are is energy in fuels importnat for people?
To heat thier house and cook there food.
What produces when you burn a fule in a power station?
A current
Energy in sleeping?
300 joules
Energy in working?
600 joules
Energy in sport?
3600 joules
Energy in relaxing
360 joules
What do you need energy for?
Breathing Moving Talking To keep your body warm Bones. Muscle, brain to grow
What happens when you take more energy thsn you need?
Body stores it as fat to use in the future