Lecture 2: Thermodynamics Review Flashcards
what is biogenetics?
it is a subset of thermodynamics that does a quantitate analysis of how organisms change food into energy and how they use that energy
what is the metabolism equation
C6H2O6 + 6O2 -> 6CO2 + 6H2O
what is gibbs free energy?
what is the first law of thermodynamics
what is the second law of thermodynamics
how can an reaction occur spontaneously?
if change of Gibbs free energy is negative
what does it mean when gibbs free energy is negative
- the reaction is exergonic
- the reaction will be thermodynamically favourable is the written direction
- there will be a release in energy
how can a reaction no occur?
if the change in gibbs free energy is positive
what does it mean when gibbs free energy is positive?
what does chemical/thermal equilibrium mean?
what is the difference between steady state and equilibrium?
what is homeostasis
what does reference value mean?
what does standard state free energy mean?
why doesn’t the body use standard state measurements?
what is isomerization?
