DOES IT MEAN THAT YOU TURN INTO WHATEVER YOU EAT?!
NO! BUT IF IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT...WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
CHNOPS stands for carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur.
WHEN YOU TAKE A BIG BITE INTO THAT JUICY CHEESEBURGER YOU ARE ACTUALLY TAKING A BITE INTO CHNOPS!
Another thing CHNOPS makes up is you! That's right...your hand that's holding the burger is made up of CHNOPS too!
THE PLANT TAKES IN CO2 AND H2O THEN THE HEAT FROM THE SUN CHANGES IT INTO OXYGEN WHICH THE PLANT GIVES OUT.
"YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT" CAN MEAN YOURSELF BUT IT COULD ALSO MEAN BY PLANTS...
OXYGEN
THIS INCLUDES ONE CARBON ATOM AND TWO OXYGEN ATOMS
CO2
Enzymes allow reactions to occur. Enzymes are found in people and animals. In animals, an important function of enzymes is to help digest food. In human bodies enzymes speed up the rate of the chemical reaction. Enzymes help preform very important tasks such as maintaining your bodies temperature.
WHEN THE ENZYME GETS HEATED UP THE SUBSTRATE CANNOT FIT ANYMORE BECAUSE IT BECAME MELTED.
ENZYME
SUBSTRATE
MELTED ENZYME
cellular respiration is a chemical process whereby the bonds of food molecules and oxygen molecules are broken and new bonds form, resulting in new compounds and a net transfer of energy.
C 6 H 12 O 6 + 6O 2
GLUCOSE
REACTANTS (THEY ARE MOLECULES THAT GO INTO A REACTION)
