water dipoles

page 2: biochemical/biophysical energies

Cellular biochemistry:

Simply put, photosynthesis captures (photonic) energy from sunlight and stores it in sugars (carbohydrates).

the energy in the glucose is converted into energy in ATP (adenosine triphosphate)

and the (relatively) small energy in the "triphosphate bond" is what fuels most chemical activities in living systems.

Bioelectricity:

(We are talking "electrolites" here) : a relative absense of Sodium ions (Na+) and relative abundance of Potasium ions (K+) inside cells creates an electrical tension, a voltage called the "resting potential", across the cell membrane.