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The carbohydrates are the main source of energy from the food you eat, because
they are most easily converted to useable energy. Fats are the second energy source used.
Proteins are the third and most difficult source to be converted to energy.
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What types of carbon based molecules are the source for most of the energy in the foods you eat?
Carbohydrates
What type of carbon-based molecule are the source for most of the energy in the food you eat?
Carbohydrates.
Why do you need to take in chemical potential energy?
To get ANYTHING done, SOME type of energy is required. Specifically, our bodies have evolved to use the chemical energy in the food we eat. Other types of energy can help us (if you keep warm, you need less food), but won't work as our main energy source, simply because we are not built to handle it.
How does your bodies transform the chemical energy found in the food that you eat into mechanical energy or the energy to do work?
Carbohydrates,lipids and proteins used as substrates of cellular respiration to generate ATP.Then ATPs are used to fulfill energy requirements
How do you use the word carbohydrate in a sentence?
If you eat too many carbohydrates and don't exercise enough you will put on weight. Wheat products are a good source of carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are the most common source of energy in living things. If you do not want to eat carbohydrates, then avoid potato chips.
What is the main source of energy in humans?
Food we eat.
What is the main source of energy used to eat Ex kinetic energy chemical potential etc?
We basically eat food because of the CHEMICAL energy it provides us. Chemical energy is a type of POTENTIAL energy.
What is the main source of energy in all living things?
Sunlight, and what they eat and the sun
Why do you eat glucose?
Glucose is a simple sugar, cells use it as their main source of energy. It is an important carbohydrate in biology.
Why can't carnivores eat plants?
Their main diet is comprised of meat, and that's what a carnivore will obtain its energy from. They may eat plants if their main prey or food source is gone or is in low numbers.
How does animals obtain energy?
Animals obtain energy by what they eat. It is all a big cycle, the sun(main source of energy) gives energy to the grass which gives energy to the cow, though in smaller amounts.
What should a swimmer eat the night before swimming the 1500?
They should eat carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are the body's main energy source. The morning of the race, you should eat proteins.
How do insect depend on the sun for?
The insects food source, for example, a plant would absorb energy from the sun and taking in the fact that a plant is the insects food source, it would most likely eat it and obtain the plants energy that it just obtained from the main energy source. The sun.
How does bamboo help pandas?
Bamboo is the main food source of pandas. Pandas need to eat bamboo in order to have enough energy and not starve.
Does your body get all it's energy from the sun?
While it is true that human beings need the sun, and we also need oxygen to survive, the main source of energy for humans is the food we eat.
What is the main source of food and energy for a domestic Cat?
My cats eat canned food(wet food) and dry food(kind of like kibbles).
What do marine birds eat as a source of energy?
worms
