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A calorie is the unit of energy required to raise one gram of water 1 degree Celsius. A kilocalorie, or Calorie, is the equivalent of 1000 calories.
Rodrigo Schoen
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∙ 9y agoEnergy is defined as the ability to do work. A calorie is a measure of energy. One calorie, which is actually a Kilocalorie, is the amount of energy required to increase the temperature 1 gram of water by one degree Celsius.
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A calorie is an obsolete metric (cgsA-system) unit for measuring energy. The modern SI unit is the joule. The calorie (or, more accurately, kilocalorie -1000 calories) is widely-used in North America for measuring the energy value of food; in the rest of the world, the joule is used instead.
The original answer is incorrect in defining the kilocalorie as 'the amount of energy required to increase the temperature of 1 g of water by one degree Celsius'. This is the definition of the calorie, NOT the kilocalorie.
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∙ 13y agoCalories and joules are both measures of energy.
Calories are bigger.
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The joule is the SI unit of energy. The calorie is the cgs (centimetre-gram-second) unit of energy.
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∙ 12y agoCalories is a measure of energy
Fat is a substance.
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∙ 16y agoOne is a noun (calorie) and the other is an adjective (caloric).
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∙ 12y ago1000 calories equal 1 kilocalorie or kcal. Usually when people talk about calorie content of food or burned calories, they actually mean kilocalories.
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∙ 12y ago1 kilocalorie = 1000 calories
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Low fat and nonfat the difference between low fat and nonfat?
low-fat has low calories but nonfat has no calories
Is there a difference between burning fat calories and other calories?
There is a slight difference between burning a fat calorie and an "other" calories (typically muscle). Burning both types of calories is important in a successful weight loss regime.
Is there a difference in calories between plain and flavored yogurt?
I think slightly if it is not fat free.
What is the difference between sugar free and calorie free?
Sugar Free means there is no sugar in this item and Calories free means there is no fat in this item.
What difference between brown fat and white fat?
The difference between them is that white fat is found in adults and brown fat is found in children.
What is the difference between a food labeled light and a food labeled low fat?
A possible answer is Light means less sugar or less calories and the other one is self explanatory, low in fat.
Difference between specific heat and calories?
Difference between specific heat and calorie
How many pounds is 208.8 calories?
You can't really convert between calories and pounds unless you are talking about fat. About 3500 calories = 1 pound of fat. So 208.8 calories = .06 pounds.
How many calories in a profiterole?
between 64 and 3 fat and 300 16 fat it depends
What is the difference between total fat and crude fat?
crude fat is the fat with alcohol
How many grams of fat in 270 calories?
A gram of fat equals 9 calories. just divide 270 between 9. That'll give you exactly 30 grams of fat.
Do you add the calories and the fat calories to know how many calories?
No fat calories are a proportion of how many fat calories are in the total calorie count. So on the label of some food, if it says 100 calories, 50 fat calories, that means there are 100 calories, but 50 of them are from fat.
