Lesson 8 Flashcards
What is energy?
the capacity to do work
what is work?
act of creating chemical reaction
Two main form of energy
Kinetic energy
Potential energy
found by the random movement
Kinetic energy
Energy stored by an object
Potential energy
The science of how energy flows, its transformations, relationships and exchanges
Thermodynamics
Thermodynamics focuses on two components:
- the system
- the surrounding
being observed and studied
System
Everything else aside from the system
Surrounding
3 kinds of System
- Open
- Closed
- Isolated
Matter and
energy transfer is
allowed
Open
Only energy transfer is allowed
Closed
No transfer is allowed
Isolated
LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS
( Only 2 out of the 4 laws apply to energy transformation of cells )
• Law of Conservation of Energy
• Entropy
Energy cannot be created nor destroyed, only converted from one form to another
Law of conservation of energy