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Summary:

Essentialknowledge2.A.1:Alllivingsystemsrequireconstantinputoffreeenergy.
a.Liferequiresahighlyorderedsystem.
1.Orderismaintainedbyconstantfreeenergyinputintothesystem.
2.Lossoforderorfreeenergyflowresultsindeath.
3.Increaseddisorderandentropyareoffsetbybiologicalprocessesthatmaintainor
increaseorder.
b.Livingsystemsdonotviolatethesecondlawofthermodynamics,whichstatesthatentropy
increasesovertime.
1.Orderismaintainedbycouplingcellularprocessesthatincreaseentropy(andsohave
negativechangesinfreeenergy)withthosethatdecreaseentropy(andsohavepositive
changesinfreeenergy).2.Energyinputmustexceedfreeenergylosttoentropyto
maintainorderandpowercellularprocesses.3.Energeticallyfavorableexergonic
reactions,suchasATP>ADP,thathaveanegativechangeinfreeenergycanbeusedto
maintainorincreaseorderinasystembybeingcoupledwithreactionsthathavea
positivefreeenergychange.
c.Energyrelatedpathwaysinbiologicalsystemsaresequentialandmaybeenteredatmultiple
pointsinthepathway.
d.Organismsusefreeenergytomaintainorganization,growandreproduce.
1.Organismsusevariousstrategiestoregulatebodytemperatureandmetabolism.
Endothermy(theuseofthermalenergygeneratedbymetabolismto
maintainhomeostaticbodytemperatures)
Ectothermy(theuseofexternalthermalenergytohelpregulateand
maintainbodytemperature)
Elevatedfloraltemperaturesinsomeplantspecies
2.Reproductionandrearingofoffspringrequirefreeenergybeyondthatusedfor
maintenanceandgrowth.Differentorganismsusevariousreproductivestrategiesin
responsetoenergyavailability.
Seasonalreproductioninanimalsandplants
Lifehistorystrategy(biennialplants,reproductivediapause)
3.Thereisarelationshipbetweenmetabolicrateperunitbodymassandthesizeof
multicellularorganismsgenerally,thesmallertheorganism,thehigherthemetabolic
rate.
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.Excessacquiredfreeenergyversusrequiredfreeenergyexpenditureresultsinenergy
storageorgrowth.
5.Insufficientacquiredfreeenergyversusrequiredfreeenergyexpenditureresultsinloss
ofmassand,ultimately,thedeathofanorganism.

h.FreeenergybecomesavailableformetabolismbytheconversionofATP>ADP,whichis
coupledtomanystepsinmetabolicpathways.
Essentialknowledge2.C.1:Organismsusefeedbackmechanismstomaintaintheirinternal
environmentsandrespondtoexternalenvironmentalchanges.
a.Negativefeedbackmechanismsmaintaindynamichomeostasisforaparticularcondition
(variable)byregulatingphysiologicalprocesses,returningthechangingconditionbacktoits
targetsetpoint.
Temperatureregulationinanimals
Essentialknowledge2.C.2:Organismsrespondtochangesintheirexternalenvironments.
a.Organismsrespondtochangesintheirenvironmentthroughbehavioralandphysiological
mechanisms.
Shiveringandsweatinginhumans

Artifact:


Standardslearned:2.A.1.a.132.A.1.b.132.A.1.d.152.A.2.h.

Reflection:

Thisworksheetwasveryhelpfulbecauseithelpedmedecipherbetweenendergonic
andexergonicreactionsthatIcanthenapplytoGibbsFreeEnergy.Ithoughtitwasa
worthwhileaceticcitybecauseitgavemetwochoicesandIhadtodecidewhetherit
pairedwiththeendergonicorexergonicprocesssoIwasabletogainsomemore
informationoneachinsteadofjustabasicdefinition.Thenthesecondhalfofthe
worksheethadmeusetheGibbsfreeenergyequationtocalculatetheamountoffree
energywhengivenentropyandenthalpy.Soitallowedformorepracticeonanequation
andvariablesthatIknewsomewhataboutandthenlabelthemexergonicorendergonic
basedontheworksheetthatIdidbefore.Istillstrugglewiththedifferencebetween
entropyandenthalpy,Ialwaysmixthemup.Iknowthatoneisthemeasureof
randomnessandtheotheristhetotalamountofenergyinasystembutIjustconfuse
thenamessincethey'resimilar.

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