The food energy that can be utilized by the eater of the food is chemical potential energy.
In a food fight, when the food is propelled through the air, it temporarily acquires some
kinetic energy as well, which has nothing to do with its identity as food, and can't be utilized
by eating the food, since it must come to rest before the eating commences.
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All matter is made up of a combination of kinetic and potential energy. The kinetic energy that comprises your food is all the energy of motion of its molecules. The hotter your food, the faster its molecules are moving and the more kinetic energy they posess. Also, as mentioned above, if you throw your food, it will posess bulk kinetic energy.
However, the majority of the energy contained within food is potential energy stored within what you could think of as unhappy chemical bonds. When you eat food, your body invests a little energy to break apart these unhappy bonds and makes new, happier bonds between the food molecules and the oxygen you breathe. When these happy bonds form, a large ammount of energy is released. Your body uses this energy for running around and having food fights.
During cellular respiration, the food you eat is broken down into molecules that release energy. This energy is then converted into a form that your cells can use. So, you don't get energy directly from the food you eat, but rather from the molecules produced during cellular respiration.
Heterotrophs obtain energy from the food they eat. They are unable to produce their own food through photosynthesis and rely on consuming other organisms or organic matter to obtain energy.
Organisms that must eat food for energy are called heterotrophs. They rely on consuming other organisms or organic matter to obtain the nutrients and energy they need for survival.
Energy is stored in many ways. Energy is stored in food. We eat the food to get energy. Energy can also be stored in other ways, such as batteries.Sources of stored energy take many forms like food, fuel and batteries. All energy on the Earth comes from the Sun.Heat from the sun warms everything on the Earth. Light and heat are forms of energy, which come directly from the Sun. Plants, use the energy from sunlight to make food. Energy from the sun is stored in leaves, stems, roots and fruits. When an animal eats plants it gets the energy stored inside the plant.Animals eat plants and get the energy stored in plant tissues. They utilize this energy for various activities like running, climbing, hunting and keeping warm. Food we eat contains energy to power our bodies.Fuels such as oil and coal contain huge amounts of energy. Energy released from these fuels, wind and water can be changed into electricity. Energy is needed for almost all activities that make up our lives.thank u . . :-)
Any animal (Including human beings). Plants live and need a source of energy but they dont "eat." They use photosynthesis.
The food we eat contains potential energy stored in the chemical bonds of its molecules. This potential energy is released and transformed into kinetic energy as our bodies metabolize the food for energy.
chemical energy which sends messages to the brain
We basically eat food because of the CHEMICAL energy it provides us. Chemical energy is a type of POTENTIAL energy.
Potential energy from food can be converted into kinetic energy and thermal energy in the body. When we eat, our bodies break down the food to release energy that is used for movement and to maintain body temperature.
Potential Energy is energy that could come from something that if it were to fall (say, from gravity) the kinetic energy gained from that fall would be equal to that. Other forms could be elastic potential energy, chemical potential energy, electrical potential energy (eventually becomes voltage), and etc. Kinetic energy is of an object that is moving (because I assume we're talking of Newtonain motion).
Kinetic energy
Kinetic energy is that capability to do work or cause a change due to motion. So anything that moves, galaxies down to strings in string theory, has kinetic energy. On the flip side, potential energy is not energy at all. Whatever it is that has potential to become kinetic energy is said to have potential energy. But that's really a misnomer. It really should be "the potential for becoming kinetic energy." Here are just a couple of examples: Kinetic energy. A moving car, you tidying up your room, a vibrating atom, Andromeda crashing into the Milky Way Potential for becoming kinetic energy. A compressed spring, gun powder, the lake feeding a waterfall, the food you eat
When you are walking, your body converts stored chemical energy from the food you eat into kinetic energy as you move your muscles to propel you forward. This involves a transformation from potential energy to kinetic energy as your body changes position.
It goes from chemical to kinetic.
Chemical energy in the form of the glucose in our food is turned into mechanical energy
chemical energy (stored in the muscles of the body) turns to kinetic energy (climbing up the stairs) and then is transformed to potential energy (once you reach the top of the stairs) due to your position.
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