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What is the difference between a Calorie on a food label and a calorie in science?
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∙ 11y ago
Both Calorie and calorie are measurements of energy.
1 Calorie = 1000 calories
Upper-case Calorie is used in nutritional terms and is sometimes also referred to as a kilocalorie to avoid confusing it with the lower-case calorie.
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The Calorie (kilocalorie, kcal) is 1000 calories - a more useful unit and widely used.
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How much calories is in one calorie?
Assuming that you're talking about the difference between the calories listed on "Nutritional Information" labels on food, one "food calorie" is equal to 4.184 kilojoules, or 1000 calories in science (a "scientific calorie" being the amount of energy needed to raise one gram of water one degree Celsius).
Is calorie compound or element?
It is neither. !!! Calorie is an old-fashioned Imperial measure of Energy. In modern science we use 'Joules'.
What is the difference between a energy calorie and food calorie?
Calories can be broadly classified as1.large calories2.small calories1. Large calories : This is also called as kilogram calorie, dietary calorie, nutritionist's calorie or food calorie."It is the energy required to increase the temperature of 1 kg of water by 1 degree C under 1 atmospheric pressure."In conversion, 1kcal = 1 cal (in terms of large cal)2. Small Calories : This is also called as gram calorie. (the other term you are refering in the question, 'calorie')"It is the energy required to raise the temperature of 1gm of water by 1 degree C under 1 atmospheric pressure"In conversion, 1Kcal = 1000 cal (interms of small cal)So, when you are talking about 'calories', it refers to small calories.And when you are talking about food calories or calories related to dietary facts, it refers to 'large calories', and remember the conversion holds.
How many joules are in a Calorie or science calorie?
In 1 joule there is 0.238902957619 calories of heat. A joule is the measurement of work, energy or the amount of heat in the International System of Units.
What is the science definition for calorie?
A calorie is the amount of heat required to warm 1 gram of water one degree Centigrade. A Calorie spelt with a big "C" is a kilocalorie and is used in evaluating food energy. It is the heat required to raise 1 kilogram of water one Centigrade degree. On an energy basis a calorie is 41 840 000 ergs.
How much is 1 calorie?
A Calorie is not a unit of weight, it is a unit of energy used in nutrition. Nutritional Calories are called kilocalories by physical scientists, to distinguish them from the lowercased physical calorie when speaking. A calorie is the minimum amount of energy it takes to raise 1 gram of water by 1 degree Centigrade. A nutritional Calorie is 1000 times larger than a physical calorie. When people outside of science talk about 'calories', they usually mean nutritional Calories.Einstein's Theory of Relativity implies that a substance heated by one Calorie will increase in mass by about 0.000000000000046 grams. In that sense, a Calorie does have an exact weight. However, that increase is negligible for the purposes of nutrition and weight management because Calories are stored in chemical compounds weighing much more than a Calorie.The weight of substance that your body can convert into one Calorie depends on the substance and the chemical reactions it will undergo. A representative reaction is burning table sugar, which is similar to cellular respiration in energy yield. In this reaction, it takes about .372 grams of sugar to yield 1 Calorie of heat. The lipid molecules in fat cells have a considerably higher energy density, and will therefore weigh much less than .372 grams per calorie stored.
What does calorie mean in science?
it is measured in a heat wave and it is basically how much energy you can get out of food But extra calories will QUICKLY become fat
How little calories can someone eat before they starve to death?
I read in a science book that if you had a zero calorie diet you would die. period
How many calories are in one joule?
1 joule is equivalent of 9.478 170 x 10-4 Btu, 0.238 846 (small) calories. In science/chemistry there 4.184 Joules per calorie so there are 1/4.184 = 0.239 calories per Joule. See the related link for more information.
What is the difference between reading and science?
There is no difference.
What is the difference between general science and science?
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What word means the unit for the amount of energy released when nutrients are broken down?
Food energy is measured in Calories. A Food Calorie is 1 Kilojoule, or 1,000 Science Calories.
