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Energy and work in living things
Living things need energy. But why? Watch Dr James McEvoy explain in this short video.
We need energy to do work, and we get that energy from chemicals. In the same way that a hydrogen-powered car uses a fuel cell to get energy from hydrogen, we use respiration to get energy from food.
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