The sun provides light energy which plants use to convert in to chemical energy through photosynthesis. Nutrients from the soil also assist in growth of plants. Animals rely completely on these green plants for their energy. Green plants produce chemical energy (food energy).
calorie
The SI unit of energy is joule 'J'
Calories are the standard unit.
Energy - any type of energy - is measured in Joule. Sometimes the old-fashioned unit calorie is used, too.
Calories. Actually the unit called Calorie in food energy is the Kilocalorie, ie 1000 calories.
1) The unit for any type of energy is the joule. 2) In some contexts, such as food, the old-fashioned unit "calorie" is still used.
I believe it's still calories... ---- It depends what you're measuring.The basic unit of energy in science is the joule.In food science, the amount of energy that a food may release is measured in calories or joules.
Joules
The SI unit of energy is joule 'J'
the basic unit off of lipids is glcouse and energy
Calorie is the unit used to express chemical energy in food.
Any unit of energy can be used to describe the energy content of food.
Energy is measured in joules.
calorie--
A Calorie
energy
1) The unit for any type of energy is the joule. 2) In some contexts, such as food, the old-fashioned unit "calorie" is still used.
calories