GEN BIO Q2 - quiz 1

LIVING ORGANISMS ARE o____ s_____?

e____ and m____ can be transferred between the system and its surroundings. Processes (Bioenergetics) that happen within a living organism is still influenced and affects the surroundings.

____- is the capacity to cause change. It is also the ability to rearrange a collection of matter.

In the environment different forms of energy exist: _____, _____ and ______ energy.

ENERGY ALLOWS CELLS TO DO LIFE’S WORK Physicists define energy as the ability to do ___– that is, to move _____.  Life depends on rearranging atoms and trafficking substances across membranes in precise ways.  These intricate movements represent work, and they require energy

Energy associated with relative motion of objects. – energy being used to do work; any moving object possesses this form of energy

Possessed energy of a matter at rest (non-moving form) or the stored energy to do work.

Potential energy released in a chemical reaction

Type of kinetic energy associated with random movement of atoms

Main energy source is the sun and powers photosynthesis (_____ process)