What Energy Transformation Happens When Running?

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What energy transformation happens when running? When a person runs, their body must convert

potential energy into kinetic energy

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What is the main energy transfer for a long distance runner?

What is the name of the energy stored by a moving object? Kinetic energy What is the main energy transfer for an apple falling from a tree? Gravitational potential energy———> kinetic energy What is the main energy transfer for a long-distance runner?

Chemical energy

———>Kinetic energy

What type of energy is running a marathon?

This energy system is called the

Oxidative System

as it uses oxygen (aerobic) to fuel muscles. It kicks in about 5 minutes into exercise and can last for hours so is the primary energy system for marathon running.

How energy transfer occurs in the human body during aerobic exercise?

When you exercise and your muscles work harder, your body uses more oxygen and produces more carbon dioxide. Energy is stored in the bonds between the phosphate groups of the ATP molecule.

When ATP is broken down into ADP (Adenosine Diphosphate) and inorganic phosphate then energy is released.

How is energy produced during endurance exercise?

During the transition from rest to intense exercise, the substrate for increased aerobic ATP production is also muscle glycogen, and a small amount of the produced pyruvate is transferred into the mitochondria, where it is used to produce acetyl-CoA and the reducing equivalent NADH in the pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) …

The aerobic energy system refers to the

combustion of carbohydrates and fats in the presence of oxygen

. The anaerobic pathways are capable of regenerating ATP at high rates yet are limited by the amount of energy that can be released in a single bout of intense exercise.

Abstract. Mechanical energy accounts for kinetic and potential energy. Modern mechanical energy storage

converts electrical energy into mechanical energy

and stores the energy as kinetic in the form of a rotating wheel or as potential energy in the form of a pumped water.


Your heart will get stronger

. Your muscular endurance will improve as mitochondria (the ‘powerhouse’ of your cells) increase in size and number, and the capillaries that deliver blood to your muscles grow. Your very ability to breath – or your ‘ventilatory capacity’ – will improve as you work your respiratory muscles.

Glycogen versus glucose


Muscle glycogen

, the primary fuel source for marathoners, provides approximately 2 hours of energy. Performance will decline before muscle glycogen stores are truly depleted.

The body can also gain or lose heat through mechanisms of heat exchange.

Conduction transfers heat from one object to another through physical contact. Convection transfers heat to air or water. Radiation transfers heat via infrared radiation

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  • Anaerobic Alactic (ATP-CP) Energy System (High Intensity – Short Duration/Bursts) …
  • Anaerobic Lactic (Glycolytic) Energy System (High to Medium Intensity – Uptempo) …
  • Aerobic Energy System (Low Intensity – Long Duration – Endurance)

The lactic acid system is

an anaerobic ener- gy system in which the high-energy compound adenosintriphosphate (ATP) is manufactured from the breakdown of glucose to pyruvic acid in the muscle cells

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Activities such as walking, jogging, rowing, and cycling require oxygen to generate the energy needed for prolonged exercise (i.e.,

aerobic energy expenditure

).

When running, there are four important external forces that definitely affect the kinetics of running:

drag force, gravity, normal force, and friction

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It is the velocity vector at the final time, minus the velocity vector at the initial time, divided by the time interval. Note: Whenever your velocity is CHANGING,

you are accelerating

. You are accelerating when you CHANGE your speed, CHANGE your direction of travel, or both. The keyword is CHANGE.

Examples of Day-to-Day Energy Transformations


Chemical Energy is converted to Electrical Energy (stove), Kinetic Energy (car), Electricity (power plant), and Mechanical Energy (space shuttle)

. Electrical Energy is converted to Kinetic Energy. Electricity is converted to Light (light bulb) and Sound and Light (TV).

Most of the time,

chemical energy

is released in the form of heat, and this transformation from chemical energy to heat, or thermal energy, is called an exothermic reaction.

Answer and Explanation: When someone dances,

the chemical energy stored in the body (potential energy) in the form of glucose is broken down through glucose metabolism

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