Chapter 16 Energy Concepts. OBJECTIVES: Describe energy, power and the units used to measure them. Apply the laws of thermodynamics.
Energy in Living systems. Energy I: The facts All organisms transform energy Energy = the capacity to do work Familiar with Kinetic (motion) and Potential.
Chapter 16
ENERGY Energy is the ability to do work and transfer heat. – Kinetic energy – energy in motion heat, electromagnetic radiation – Potential energy – stored.