Question

Food contains chemical potential energy that the body uses. How do you think that the body gains this energy? Propose an explanation.

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

When the food substances (for example carbohydrate) that contain chemical potential energy are broken down, they produce glucose. Carbohydrate is the major source of glucose for the body, the digestion of carbohydrate begins in the mouth in the presence of the enzyme called amylase.

When glucose is produced from carbohydrate breakdown, the glucose is picked up by insulin which allows the glucose enters the cells. In the cells, these glucose molecules undergo glycolysis (glucose breakdown/catabolism) in order to produce ATP (high energy molecules that provides energy for all cell). When ATP is produced, the cells use the ATP to carry out several body and biological functions. These multi-enzyme steps explains how the body gains this energy.

Answer 2

The body gain the energy through the digestion of the food we eat and when it is breakdown it releases energy.

Step-by-step explanation:

The food we consumed is digested by the activities of acids and enzymes in the stomach.

Carbohydrates are the primary source of body energy.

When it is eaten, it digestion starts from the mouth when it mixed with the saliva released from the salivary gland and salivary amylase acts on it.

When it's get to the stomach/ intestine, it is further breakdown through the activities of enzymes into glucose.

The stomach and the intestine absorb the glucose and release it into the blood stream. Glucose can be use as energy source or stored later and insulin help to release it.