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If the oxidation of glucose can produce flames, as seen whenroasting a marshmallow over a campfire, why don’t we risk internalburns when we swallow a marshmallow and oxidize its glucose withcellular respiration?

Oxidation is not taking place. The marshmallow is beingreduced.
The lining of our stomach prevents burning food from causingdamage to our bodies
Digestion of the marshmallow is an endergonic process,therefore, no energy is released
Cellular respiration releases the energy from the glucose insmall increments, rather than all at once.

What does an enzyme change in a reaction?

the ΔG.
the activation energy.
the types of products.
the first law of thermodynamics.

Which of the following does NOT describe ATP hydrolysis?

often coupled to a reaction that has a positiveΔG      
exergonic
spontaneous
having a positive ΔG

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1 In case of burning a marshmallow the all the energy is released at once without any control In case of cellular respiration energy is released in step by step manner so that the releases energy can be utilized    See Answer
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