Biology / Unit 1 Bio 0053 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Energy Processing
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The idea
Energy processing is the property by which every organism captures or consumes energy to fuel its metabolic activity.
In practice
A plant converts sunlight into chemical energy stored in sugar; an animal instead consumes that stored energy by eating.
Where people slip
Both capturing energy from sunlight and consuming it from food count as energy processing — the source differs, not the requirement.
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