How the Body Uses Energy

Series: General Science Film Series

Duration: 15

Year Published: 1963

Creator: CRM/McGraw-Hill Films

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Uses models, diagrams, and live-action photography to describe how the body converts chemical energy from food into the energy needed for living. Points out that we derive energy from the sun through the foods we eat. Illustrates how the digestive system breaks food into single substances which can reach the cells through the blood stream. Describes how nutrients are oxidized to produce energy needed by the body.

Complete Record: Uses models, diagrams, and live-action photography to describe how the body converts chemical energy from food into the energy needed for living. Points out that we derive energy from the sun through the foods we eat. Illustrates how the digestive system breaks food into single substances which can reach the cells through the blood stream. Describes how nutrients are oxidized to produce energy needed by the body., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.