Calor- heat
Metry- measurement
calorimetry is measuring the heat.
*not enough calories you lose weight and too many calories you will become over weight.
*food is considered fuel because food contains energy which is found in the chemical bonds.
*in the lab the heat will break the bonds and energy will be released.
*food will burn till there are no more bonds to break.
*burning food is like digesting food.
*calories are measured by increasing in temperature of known volume of water when a portion of the food is burned. The energy should end up in water and the water will be a indirect measurement of the foods energy.
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