The food and drink goes into our stomach and from there it is digested, absorbed, then either stored or converted into energy by chemical reactions in our body, therefore food is chemical energy. https://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question Glucose + Oxygen = Carbon Dioxide + Water + Energy In other words, glucose and oxygen are turned into carbon dioxide and water releasing energy. http://purchon.com/chemistry/?page_id=223 The sum of all chemical reactions within a living organism is known as metabolism. The two body systems I am going to explain in detail are Respiratory and Circulatory and their role in producing energy: Respiration Respiration involves breathing. External respiration which is also known as breathing refers to the inhalation of oxygen from the air into the lungs and expelling carbon dioxide from the lungs to the air.
The food we eat gives us carbohydrates, lipids and other nutrients to carry out the process of life. d) Why is water so important to all living things? (1 point) HINT: Think about what organisms are made of. Living things such as plants need water to grow and produce flowers, fruits, vegetables, etc. Living things such as humans need water to rehydrate and lubricate their bodies, skin, tissue, joints, and brain.
Nitrogen fixing bacteria in the roots of leguminous plants reduce atmospheric nitrogen to ammonium using ATP and reduced NAD. The ammonium ions released into the soil are oxidised by nitrifying bacteria firstly to nitrite, and then to nitrate. This oxidation increases the nitrogen content in the soil which plants can use to produces many useful molecules including amino acids, proteins, DNA and ATP. The formation of these ions forms part of the ecological nitrogen cycle which plays a key role in sustaining life on this planet. Plants are the producers for an ecosystem.
ESSAY PRACTICE Cycles in Biology A cycle can be defined by a series of repeated steps that produce an end product which is the same as the start product. There are many cycles in biology including cycles that occur inside organisms such as the cardiac cycle, calvin cycle and the krebs cycle. There are also biological cycles that occur around us in the outside world such as the carbon cycle and the nitrogen cycle. I have decided to focus my essay on the biological cycles that occur inside organisms. The cardiac cycle is vital in all organisms with a heart, to pump blood round the body.
The solutes are called electrolytes, which maintain healthy bodily functions. When an electrolyte dissolves it breaks up into ions. There are millions of electrolytes within a cell. Water moves inside and outside the cell, with osmotic pressure, which is the force that pulls fluid from one place to another. The level of osmotic pressure is equal in the intracellular fluid, and the extracellular fluid.’ (Study.com, 2015) ‘Osmotic pressure is vital within the human body because it allows water to enter a cell if there is lack of water, and vice versa, if there is too much water within one cell, the osmotic pressure will allows the electrolytes to exit a cell.’ (Study.com, 2015) ‘Intracellular fluid has important functions, it transports food within the cells, it also brings waste products from the cells so that they can be picked up and excreted from the body, and it maintains the shape and size of the cell.’ (Nursing411.org, 2015) ‘Extracellular fluid is located outside the body cells.
Cycles in biology A cycle is a series of events repeated in the same order. Cycles are a major aspect of biology which occurs in a ecosystem, plants and animals. One cycle which is part of the ecosystem is the water cycle. The sun heats water in oceans and seas and water evaporates as water vapour into the air. Transpiration removes water from plants and soil.
Plasma carries food from the stomach to cells but carries waste from the cells to the kidneys and intestine. The body needs lots of haemoglobin because it will combine with the gases; oxygen and carbon dioxide. The red cells carry the oxygen in the arteries and capillaries to cells of the body. One function of the blood is to transport materials within plasma and hemoglobin around the body. Plasma contains hormones, nutrients and waste substances.
Water serves a number of essential functions to keep us all going: * A vital nutrient to the life of every cell, acts first as a building material. * It regulates our internal body temperature by sweating and respiration * The carbohydrates and proteins that our bodies use as food are metabolized and transported by water in the bloodstream; * It assists in flushing waste mainly through urination * acts as a shock absorber for brain, spinal cord, and fetus * forms saliva * lubricates joints According to Dr. Jeffrey Utz, Neuroscience, pediatrics, Allegheny University, different people have different percentages of their bodies made up of water. Babies have
Cardiovascular system has three main functions: Transport of nutrients, oxygen and hormones to cells throughout our body and removal of metabolic wastes such as (carbon dioxide and nitrogenous wastes). Protections of the human body by while blood cells, antibodies and complement proteins that circulate in the blood and defend our body against foreign microbes and toxic. Clotting mechanisms are also present that protect the human body from blood loss after injuries. Regulation of body temperature, fluid pH and water content of
P4- Explain the Physiology of two named body systems in relation to energy metabolism in the body. In this essay I am going to be explaining how energy is made in the body and two body systems that help to produce this energy. “The metabolic systems are responsible for the chemical reactions within the body. These reactions are involved in the maintenance of the living organism and may be involved in reactions that break compounds down catabolic reactions or reactions which build compounds up anabolic reactions”. (King R 2012) They all require energy to work.