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What are the chemical building blocks provided by food?
What are the chemical building blocks provided by food?
The chemical building blocks provided by food are needed to grow and reproduce.
How is energy stored in food expressed?
How is energy stored in food expressed?
The energy stored in food is expressed in units of calories.
What is a calorie?
What is a calorie?
A calorie is the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water 1 degree Celsius.
What are the types of molecules that cells can use for food?
What are the types of molecules that cells can use for food?
Why do organisms need food?
Why do organisms need food?
How is the energy stored in food expressed?
How is the energy stored in food expressed?
What are the types of macromolecules that cells can use for food?
What are the types of macromolecules that cells can use for food?