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minerals!

O2! Potential energy!

organics!
CO2!

Catabolism! Energy to!


generates ! do work!
energy !
and waste!
Anabolism!
uses up energy!
All organisms!

ENERGY!
Sunight! Not sunlight!

Chemotrophs!
Phototrophs! Lithotrophs! Inorganic!
Organotrophs! Organic!
All organisms!

ENERGY!
Sunight! Not sunlight!

Chemotrophs!
Phototrophs! Lithotrophs! Inorganic!
Organotrophs! Organic!

CARBON!

CO2! Food! CO2! Food!

Autotrophs! Heterotrophs! Autotrophs! Heterotrophs!


Chemical! Sunlight!
energy!

Heat!

Autotroph!
O2,!
Chemical! H2O,!
Organic!
energy! CO2!
molecules!

Heterotroph!

Heat!
1st Law of Thermodynamics!
1st Law of Thermodynamics!

High potential energy!

Kinetic!
energy!

Chemical!
energy!

Food!

Low potential energy!


1st Law of Thermodynamics!

High potential energy!

Kinetic!
energy! Kinetic!
energy!
Chemical!
energy! Electrical!
energy!
Food!

Low potential energy!


2nd Law of Thermodynamics!
Gibb’s free energy equation!

G = H - TS!

free enthalpy! temperature


energy! x!
entropy!
Enthalpy (H)!
Total energy of the system!
(energy in bonds)!
G = H - TS!
Temperature x Entropy (TS)!

G = H - TS!
Free energy (G)!
(energy that can do work)!

G = H - TS!

portion of all! portion of


energy! energy! energy
that can that can’t
do work! do work!
Image credits:

Stanley the French Bulldog image used with permission of owners Jesselynn Opie and Mark
Lax.

Coal head image used with permission of Alain Viel (course instructor).

Sand castle: Public Domain from US Environmental Protection Agency
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Galveston_Island_Park_Beach_Sand_Castle_
%285984947488%29.jpg

Thermometer: Public domain. Author Vojtěch Hála.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Temperature_in_eV.svg

Serotonin: Public Domain. Author Ben Mills.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Serotonin-Spartan-HF-based-on-xtal-3D-balls-
web.png

Apple: Public Domain. Author: James Birkett
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red_apple.svg

Water drop: Public Domain. Author: openclipart.org.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rg1024_Set_of_water_drops.svg
Image credits:

Plant: Public Domain. Author: Francisco Manuel Blanco (O.S.A.)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Corchorus_acutangulus_Blanco1.141-cropped.jpg

E. Coli: CC-BY-3.0.
Title: Escherichia coli by togopic.png
Author: Database Center for Life Sciences (DBCLS)
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Escherichia_coli_by_togopic.png
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/

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