Jason eats a 122 kcal cup of yogurt. A bit later, he climbs up some stairs...

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Jason eats a 122 kcal cup of yogurt. A bit later, he climbs up some stairs at a leisurely pace. 20% of the chemical energy from the yogurt is transformed into GPE as Jason climbs the stairs, while the remainder is used by other processes in Jason's body along with heat transfer to the environment. A. How many Joules of energy does the yogurt supply to Jason? J B. How much of the chemical energy can be transformed into GPE by climbing the stairs? C. Jason gains GPE at a rate of 125 W. Remember that 1 W = 1 J/s. For how many minutes can Jason climb stairs from the energy gained by eating the yogurt? min D. Based on the time found in Part C, do you think it is easy to consume more food calories in one day than you can reasonably expect to work off with an hour of exercise? Think about how many food Calories a person typically consumes in a day. Yes O No Jason eats a 122 kcal cup of yogurt. A bit later, he climbs up some stairs at a leisurely pace. 20% of the chemical energy from the yogurt is transformed into GPE as Jason climbs the stairs, while the remainder is used by other processes in Jason's body along with heat transfer to the environment. A. How many Joules of energy does the yogurt supply to Jason? J B. How much of the chemical energy can be transformed into GPE by climbing the stairs? C. Jason gains GPE at a rate of 125 W. Remember that 1 W = 1 J/s. For how many minutes can Jason climb stairs from the energy gained by eating the yogurt? min D. Based on the time found in Part C, do you think it is easy to consume more food calories in one day than you can reasonably expect to work off with an hour of exercise? Think about how many food Calories a person typically consumes in a day. Yes O No

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