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Overview Concepts
Glucose can be burned and the energy released.
Not biologically useful.
Cellular respiration is the controlled release of energy from glucose.
Some of the energy is captured in a biologically useful way. Movement of electrons in oxidation‐reduction (redox) reactions. Oxidation‐Reduction Reactions
Oxidation – The loss of electrons from a substance Reduction – The addition of electrons to a substance These reactions occur in pairs
One reaction donates the electrons and the other accepts the reactions.
In biological reactions, you cannot see the electrons, but you can see hydrogen move which represents electron transfers.
Overview Concepts
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