Thermodynamics

Question 1

Laws of thermodynamics

Answer 1

1. Energy can no be created nor destroyed

2. The entropy (randomness of the universe increased with every chemical reaction that takes place.

Question 2

What does the second law of thermodynamics mean?

Answer 2

All materials are breaking up into smaller pieces and scattering around.

Question 3

How do the laws of thermodynamics present a problem for growing life?

Answer 3

Life forms are neither random nor breaking into smaller less energetic pieces.

Question 4

How do living things produce larger macromolecules for growth yet still obey the laws of thermodynamics?

Answer 4

Achieved by concentrating matter and energy in one place and by using the energy in an effective manner to form chemical bonds between atoms.

Question 5

How to heterotrophs gather energy?

Answer 5

By eating the plants or organisms that eat plants then use enzymes to make efficient use of the energy

Question 6

What is done with energy?

Answer 6

Some energy is temporarily stored as atp.
Some energy is stored in macromolecules like lipids, proteins and glycogen.
And some is released as body heat.

Question 7

What is atp

Answer 7

Adenosine triphosphate and is used to drive nearly every cellular process.

Question 8

How do plants gather energy

Answer 8

Gather energy from sun to build larger sugar molecules from smaller carbon dioxide molecules through photosynthesis
Enzymes efficiently put energy to good use in photosynthesis