Can someone give me an understanding of Products and Reactants? The first image is from the the first chapter where it was introduced under the subject of life, chemistry and water. The second image is on another chapter I am speaks under the subject of Energy, Enzymes and Biological reactions. I can't understand it without the root understanding and application of Products and Reactants. Bonds Form and Break in Chemical ReactionsIn chemical reactions, atoms or molecules interact to formnew chemical bonds or break old ones. As a result of bond for-mation or breakage, atoms are added to or removed from mol-ecules, or the linkages of atoms in molecules are rearranged.When any of these alterations occur, molecules change fromone type to another, usually with different chemical and physi-cal properties. In biological systems, chemical reactions areaccelerated by molecules called enzymes (discussed in moredetail in Chapter 6).The atoms or molecules entering a chemical reaction arecalled the reactants, and those leaving a reaction are theproducts. A chemical reaction is written with an arrow show-ing the direction of the reaction; reactants are placed to the leftof the arrow, and products are placed to the right. Both reac-tants and products are usually written in chemical shorthandas formulas.For example, the overall reaction of photosynthesis, inwhich carbon dioxide and water are combined to produce sug-ars and oxygen (see Chapter 8), is written as follows:6 CO₂ + 6H₂O → C6H12O6 +60₂watera sugarcarbondioxidemolecularoxygenThe number in front of each formula indicates the number ofmolecules of that type among the reactants and products (thenumber 1 is not written). Notice that there are as many atomsof each element to the left of the arrow as there are to the right,even though the products are different from the reactants. Thisbalance reflects the fact that in such reactions, atoms may berearranged but not created or destroyed. Chemical reactionswritten in balanced form are known as chemical equations.With the information about chemical bonds and reactionsprovided thus far, you are now ready to examine the effects ofchemical structure and bonding, particularly hydrogen bond-ing, in the production of the unusual properties of water, themost important substance to life on Earth. The First Law ofAddresses the Energy Contentof Systems and Their SurroundingsThermodynamicsThe first law of thermodynamics states that energy can betransformed from one form to another or transferred from oneplace to another, but it cannot be created or destroyed. That is, inany process that involves an energy change, the total amount ofenergy in a system and its surroundings remains constant. Thislaw is also called the principle of conservation of energy.If energy can be neither created nor destroyed, what is theultimate source of the energy living organisms use? For almostall organisms, the ultimate source is the Sun (Figure 6.2). Plantscapture the kinetic energy of light radiating from the Sun byabsorbing it and converting it to the chemical energy of com-plex organic molecules-primarily sugars, starches, and lipids(see Chapter 8). These substances are used as fuels by the plantsthemselves, by animals that feed on plants, and by organisms(such as fungi and bacteria) that break down the bodies of deadorganisms. The chemical energy stored in sugars and otherorganic molecules is used for growth, reproduction, and otherwork of living organisms.Eventually, most of the solar energy absorbed by greenplants is converted into heat energy as the activities of life takeplace. Heat (a form of kinetic energy) is largely unusable by liv-ing organisms. As a result, most of the heat released by thereactions of living organisms radiates to their surroundings,and then from Earth into space.How does the principle of conservation of energy apply tobiochemical reactions? Molecules have both kinetic and poten-tial energy. Kinetic energy for molecules above absolute zero(-273°C) is reflected in the constant motion of the molecules,whereas potential energy for molecules is chemical energy,which is the energy contained in the arrangement of atoms and

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Can someone give me  an understanding of Products and Reactants? The first image is from the the first chapter where it was introduced under the subject of life, chemistry and water. The second image is on another chapter I am speaks under the subject of Energy, Enzymes and Biological reactions. I can't understand it without the root understanding and application of Products and Reactants. Bonds Form and Break in Chemical ReactionsIn chemical reactions, atoms or molecules interact to formnew chemical bonds or break old ones. As a result of bond for-mation or breakage, atoms are added to or removed from mol-ecules, or the linkages of atoms in molecules are rearranged.When any of these alterations occur, molecules change fromone type to another, usually with different chemical and physi-cal properties. In biological systems, chemical reactions areaccelerated by molecules called enzymes (discussed in moredetail in Chapter 6).The atoms or molecules entering a chemical reaction arecalled the reactants, and those leaving a reaction are theproducts. A chemical reaction is written with an arrow show-ing the direction of the reaction; reactants are placed to the leftof the arrow, and products are placed to the right. Both reac-tants and products are usually written in chemical shorthandas formulas.For example, the overall reaction of photosynthesis, inwhich carbon dioxide and water are combined to produce sug-ars and oxygen (see Chapter 8), is written as follows:6 CO₂ + 6H₂O → C6H12O6 +60₂watera sugarcarbondioxidemolecularoxygenThe number in front of each formula indicates the number ofmolecules of that type among the reactants and products (thenumber 1 is not written). Notice that there are as many atomsof each element to the left of the arrow as there are to the right,even though the products are different from the reactants. Thisbalance reflects the fact that in such reactions, atoms may berearranged but not created or destroyed. Chemical reactionswritten in balanced form are known as chemical equations.With the information about chemical bonds and reactionsprovided thus far, you are now ready to examine the effects ofchemical structure and bonding, particularly hydrogen bond-ing, in the production of the unusual properties of water, themost important substance to life on Earth. The First Law ofAddresses the Energy Contentof Systems and Their SurroundingsThermodynamicsThe first law of thermodynamics states that energy can betransformed from one form to another or transferred from oneplace to another, but it cannot be created or destroyed. That is, inany process that involves an energy change, the total amount ofenergy in a system and its surroundings remains constant. Thislaw is also called the principle of conservation of energy.If energy can be neither created nor destroyed, what is theultimate source of the energy living organisms use? For almostall organisms, the ultimate source is the Sun (Figure 6.2). Plantscapture the kinetic energy of light radiating from the Sun byabsorbing it and converting it to the chemical energy of com-plex organic molecules-primarily sugars, starches, and lipids(see Chapter 8). These substances are used as fuels by the plantsthemselves, by animals that feed on plants, and by organisms(such as fungi and bacteria) that break down the bodies of deadorganisms. The chemical energy stored in sugars and otherorganic molecules is used for growth, reproduction, and otherwork of living organisms.Eventually, most of the solar energy absorbed by greenplants is converted into heat energy as the activities of life takeplace. Heat (a form of kinetic energy) is largely unusable by liv-ing organisms. As a result, most of the heat released by thereactions of living organisms radiates to their surroundings,and then from Earth into space.How does the principle of conservation of energy apply tobiochemical reactions? Molecules have both kinetic and poten-tial energy. Kinetic energy for molecules above absolute zero(-273°C) is reflected in the constant motion of the molecules,whereas potential energy for molecules is chemical energy,which is the energy contained in the arrangement of atoms and

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Chemical reactions are processes that convert reactants into products. Some of the chemical…