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The food energy that can be utilized by the eater of the food is chemical potential energy.
In a food fight, when the food is propelled through the air, it temporarily acquires some
kinetic energy as well, which has nothing to do with its identity as food, and can't be utilized
by eating the food, since it must come to rest before the eating commences.
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All matter is made up of a combination of kinetic and potential energy. The kinetic energy that comprises your food is all the energy of motion of its molecules. The hotter your food, the faster its molecules are moving and the more kinetic energy they posess. Also, as mentioned above, if you throw your food, it will posess bulk kinetic energy.
However, the majority of the energy contained within food is potential energy stored within what you could think of as unhappy chemical bonds. When you eat food, your body invests a little energy to break apart these unhappy bonds and makes new, happier bonds between the food molecules and the oxygen you breathe. When these happy bonds form, a large ammount of energy is released. Your body uses this energy for running around and having food fights.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoWe could describe eating as a process by which chemical potential energy in food is made available to the body for subsequent transformation into kinetic energy. Eating itself is not potential or kinetic energy, it is a biological process.
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∙ 12y agoIf the bar happens to be falling off of the shelf, then it has some kinetic energy
at the moment.
But the only energy every realized by the customer who buys it and consumes it
is the chemical potential or 'food' energy in its nutrient ingredients.
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∙ 13y agoIt is potential energy because if it was kinetic energy the food would burst out of the plate.
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∙ 14y agoIf it were kinetic energy, your food would go shooting off the plate.
It's potential.
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∙ 13y agoFood is chemical energy.
Some people have a broad definition of "potential energy" so consider this a form of potential energy.
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∙ 12y agoNeither. It's Chemical Energy.
You respire nutrients (food) to release the chemical energy they store in them.
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∙ 11y agoPotential energy, dummy
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Why cannot animals make food from carbon dioxide?
Animals have no source of energy to make food. Animals get energy from the food they eat. Plants have a way of capturing energy from sunlight which they then use to make carbohydrates
What are organisms that must eat food for energy called?
Heterotrophic.
What type of organism obtains energy from the food they eat?
Consumers and decomposers.
Is the energy stored in food heat energy?
Energy is stored in many ways. Energy is stored in food. We eat the food to get energy. Energy can also be stored in other ways, such as batteries.Sources of stored energy take many forms like food, fuel and batteries. All energy on the Earth comes from the Sun.Heat from the sun warms everything on the Earth. Light and heat are forms of energy, which come directly from the Sun. Plants, use the energy from sunlight to make food. Energy from the sun is stored in leaves, stems, roots and fruits. When an animal eats plants it gets the energy stored inside the plant.Animals eat plants and get the energy stored in plant tissues. They utilize this energy for various activities like running, climbing, hunting and keeping warm. Food we eat contains energy to power our bodies.Fuels such as oil and coal contain huge amounts of energy. Energy released from these fuels, wind and water can be changed into electricity. Energy is needed for almost all activities that make up our lives.thank u . . :-)
Does the human body get energy from the sun?
Yes, the light form the sun enables you to see and you can feel the sun's energy warming you when you stand in the sun. You also receive the sun's energy indirectly in the food you eat, all the energy in your food comes from the sun and is put there by plants which capture sunlight and store it as carbohydrates.
What energy is if gasoline and the food you eat both have potential and energy?
chemical energy which sends messages to the brain
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.
How would you categorize the energy found in the food eat kinetic or potential?
Potential Energy is energy that could come from something that if it were to fall (say, from gravity) the kinetic energy gained from that fall would be equal to that. Other forms could be elastic potential energy, chemical potential energy, electrical potential energy (eventually becomes voltage), and etc. Kinetic energy is of an object that is moving (because I assume we're talking of Newtonain motion).
What are examples of kinetic energy and potential energy?
Kinetic energy is that capability to do work or cause a change due to motion. So anything that moves, galaxies down to strings in string theory, has kinetic energy. On the flip side, potential energy is not energy at all. Whatever it is that has potential to become kinetic energy is said to have potential energy. But that's really a misnomer. It really should be "the potential for becoming kinetic energy." Here are just a couple of examples: Kinetic energy. A moving car, you tidying up your room, a vibrating atom, Andromeda crashing into the Milky Way Potential for becoming kinetic energy. A compressed spring, gun powder, the lake feeding a waterfall, the food you eat
Transform the chemical energy in the food you eat into?
Kinetic energy
What type of energy transfer does grilling a hamburger use?
It goes from chemical to kinetic.
Exercise may transform the chemical energy in the food you eat into?
Chemical energy in the form of the glucose in our food is turned into mechanical energy
What is food an example of what energy?
Animals get energy from the food they eat. Their body transforms chemical energy in the food into kinetic energy, thermal energy, and other chemical energy
Is energy stored in food you eat is chemical potential energy?
yes
What cause an object to have potential energy?
Potential energy is stored energy capable of doing work. Since energy is general comes from the food we eat, so does potential energy.
What kind of energy is food energy converted to?
Food is chemical energy and is coverted into heat energy (body heat) and kinetic energy (being able to move) when you eat it.
You eat a large meal and then hike up a hill. What kind of energy transformation is your body performing?
chemical energy to kinetic energy and gravitational potential energy!!!!! I hope this helps :D
