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Where does the energy come from to burn a body moving into the atmosphere?
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Why do meteors burn in the atmosphere?
When they crash into the atmosphere with anywhere between 10 and 70 kilometers/second, there is a lot of energy involved.
How carbon from the atmosphere enters the human body and generate energy?
The body cannot burn Carbon from the atmosphere. The body burns carbohydrates to generate energy and emits Carbon Dioxide as a waste product. All plants, from gigantic redwoods to microscopic algae consume Carbon Dioxide and, using sunlight and water, produce Oxygen for us to breath and carbohydrates for us to eat. That is the cycle.
When small pieces of rock moving through space enter earths atmosphere and burn up they're called?
Asteroids
Why are high energy waves dangerous?
High energy waves can burn the body and disrupt chemical and electrical activity in the body.
Is fiber stored for when you have no carbohydrates to burn?
No, fats are used as energy once your body has no carbohydrates left to burn.
What term is defined as the body ability to burn nutrients to provide energy?
Metabolism.
How do body get energy from food?
When u eat food your body takes out the calories to burn. That is wat produces energy. However if have to many calories at one time your cant burn it fast enough and will eventually becomes fat
How does exercising burn fat?
Because the body will have to release the fat for energy, which is then burned by mitochondria in the cells for energy to exercise.
Small pieces of rock moving through space enter Earth's atmosphere and burn up they are called what?
It is called a meteorite.
What happens if you don't burn off energy?
A fuel such as coal or oil contains what might be called 'potential chemical energy'. The potential energy will remain there until the fuel is ignited and then the reaction with oxygen in the atmosphere starts, we call that 'burning'. So if you don't burn the fuel the potential energy just stays there.
Does the moon have a lot of craters?
Yes. This is because the moon has no atmosphere, bodies such as meteors do not burn up like they do on Earth. Because of this, these bodies hit the moon in their full size and, due both to the size of the body and the speed at which they are moving, they leave craters upon impact.
Why do meteors burn up entering earth but not the moon?
The reason meteors burn up is due to friction in the Earth's atmosphere. An object moving very quickly through the atmosphere heats up due to friction with the atmosphere and this heat causes it's surface to boil and evaporate and sometimes to explode. The moon has no appreciable atmosphere and so objects would just plummet to its surface without resistance.
