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No, the calorie is an older unit. The SI unit is the Joule.

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A calorie is a unit of measurement used to measure what?

Wrong. The calorie is not an SI unit, and it is confusing because it comes in two varieties: gram when spelled calorie (small c) and Kilogram when spelled Calorie (Capital C). The SI energy unit is the Joule.


What is a unit that measures the amount of energy by nutrients?

The SI unit for energy - any type of energy - is the joule. For food, another unit, the calorie, is still often used.


What are kilojoules and calories?

1 calorie is the old fashioned unit of energy. 1 Joule is the SI unit of energy and is the same as a newton.meter


Energy measured in unit?

The official (SI) unit of energy is the joule. Other common units include the calorie, the BTU, the electron-volt.


What units do you use to measure energy?

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Define Joule calorie and Kcal?

A calorie is the amount of energy that needed to raise the temperature of one gram of water one degree Celsius. The Joule is the SI unit for energy.


Is a calorie part of the metric system?

calorie was but is now obsolete. Joule and kJ are used instead because they are the SI energy unit


What is the Si base unit for energy?

There is no SI Base Unit for energy. The unit for energy, the joule is a Derived Unit.


The unit of work is the?

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What are the SI units for heat?

The SI unit for heat is the joule (J). Additionally, the calorie (cal) is a commonly used non-SI unit for heat, where 1 calorie is equivalent to 4.184 joules.


What is a unit of energy that indicates the amount of energy contained in food?

The recommended unit for any type of energy is, of course, the joule. The older unit, calorie, is still often used for food. If spelled with a capital "C", "Calorie", it usually means a kilocalorie.


The SI unit of heat energy as well as all other forms of energy?

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