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By burning a dried sample of it in a device called a "bomb calorimeter" with pure oxygen and measuring how much heat is released by the temperature rise in a water jacket around the "bomb".
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How do scientists find out how much energy is in a piece of food?
They get the food and light it on fire and put it under a test tube of water. How much energy is in the food depends on how much the water has heated up
What units are used to find how much energy people can get from food?
Calories
What determines how much energy a human can receive from food?
A human gets energy from the calories of food. how much energy the food molecules have
What determine how much energy a human receives from food?
A human gets energy from the calories of food. how much energy the food molecules have
What determines how much energy a human can receive?
A human gets energy from the calories of food. how much energy the food molecules have
What determines how much energy a human can receive from?
A human gets energy from the calories of food. how much energy the food molecules have
How much does a food scientist earn per year?
I have no clue.
How do you find out how much energy is in food?
To calculate the energy available from a food, multiply the number of grams of carbohydrate, protein, and fat by 4,4, and 9, respectively. Then add the results together and that should be your answer.
What are calories measuring?
The amount of energy that you can get from that food. We get our energy from calories. And when we burn energy, we burn calories. So, we measure calories to see how much energy we will get from that particular food. This tells us how much of that food we should eat, compared to how much energy we expend.
Which determines how much energy a human can receive from food?
how much energy the food molecules have
What is ment by the energy content of food?
That means how much energy it has.
Have scientist researched about algae?
Yes, They didn't find out much
