When You Eat a Hamburger, Some of the Energy in the Food

question 39

Multiple Choice

When you eat a hamburger, some of the energy in the food is converted to ATP that your cells can use to do all kinds of work, some of the energy is stored for later use, and some of the energy is dissipated as heat. You can only make use of a portion of the energy available in the hamburger because the rest is lost as heat. This is a consequence of the:

• A)first law of thermodynamics.
• B)second law of thermodynamics.
• C)cell theory.
• D)theory of evolution.
• E)central dogma.

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