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The amount of energy released when nutrients are broken down is measured in units called what?
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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.
How do your bodies deliver nutrients into the blood?
Your body delivers nutrients into the blood through the food that you eat. As food is broken down the nutrients are absorbed into the blood stream and are then carried to tissues and organs throughout the body.
When molecules are broken down from where is the energy released?
When molecules are broken down the energy is released from the outer electron shells of the various elements involved.
What pigment is released when a hemoglobin molecule is broken apart?
When a hemoglobin molecule is broken apart, the iron pigment is released. This is what is called the -"heme" part of the molecule.
Type of energy released when glucose is broken down?
Chemical
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.
Why do nutrients need to be broken down before they can be used?
The soil can not deal with a huge amount of matter so to make it easier it breaks it down then the nutrients from they decay flow into the soil.
Chemical bonds have a large amount of that is released when the bond is broken?
energy
What are nutrients broken down by?
Food is broken down into nutrients by the digestive system. Ingested food is transformed into usable nutrients by mechanical and chemical processes in the digestive system.
After nutrients are broken down where do they go?
to the bloodstream
Food is broken down into essential nutrients in the?
Digestive system
What are inorganic nutrients that are not broken down by the human body or destroyed by heat?
There are several nutrients that are required by the human body that are not broken down by the body or destroyed by heat, including:* ...* ...* calcium* iron* ...
What happens when matter is broken down?
Nutrients go into for eg. the soil, or in the case of decomposers, they use the nutrients for themselves.
What are the 4 main nutrients?
There are commonly know to be only 3 main nutrients which are carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids (fats). Lipids are broken down into fatty acids and glycerol. Proteins are broken down into amino acids, and carbohydrates are broken down into simple sugars like glucose.
What happend to the nutrients after they are carried to the liver?
nutrients aren't broken down in the liver. Any nutrients carried their are used by the liver itself to repair, grow and to function
Incoming nutrients are stored in vacuoles before they are broken down by?
"Lysosomes"
Where food is broken down into molecules?
food isn't exactly broken into molecules. molecules are collections of atoms. those would be too small to see. but food is broken down so the nutrients can be gathered. the food is broken down in the stomach, then, the food goes through the intestines where the nutrients and water are gathered
