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EGEE 101H
Initial Essay
is likely different from what energy means in this class. In high school, energy was
discussed in two different classes: physics and biology. In physics, energy was only
discussed merely as a means for doing work. Potential energy and kinetic energy were
briefly discussed in the background when we mainly focused on force and distance. In
biology, energy was discussed as a biological function. The body needs energy to
perform basic functions, and that energy typically comes in the form of ATP. Activation
energy, the energy required to begin a reaction, was another way that we discussed
energy. As for power, I hardly ever heard the term before when discussed in context
with energy. In fact, today's class was probably the first time I ever learned what power
truly is.
From what I've gleaned in the first two days of class, I think that my definition and
perception of energy are going to be changing. I'm hoping to learn about the different
ways to view energy, why energy is important to the world, and how it ties in to the
environment and into human life. I expect I will be able to learn about these things in
EGEE 101H. After only two days of classes, I've already learned things that I hadn't
learned before in 18 years of life, so I think that's definitely a good sign. Hopefully I learn