Many of the biological reactions that are essential for the formation and mainte

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Many of the biological reactions that are essential for the formation and maintenance of highly ordered biological structures are not spontaneous. These necessary reactions are made to occur by _____?

A) Increasing the temperature and this the enthalpy of the organism.

B) Coupling them with spontaneous reactions that release energy

C) Refiguring their Gibbs free energy

D) Reversing their direction so that they are spontaneous.

E) Entropy which is driving the universe toward its ultimate death of maximum chaos and providing a little bit of order along the way.

Explanation / Answer

Answer: B) Coupling them with spontaneous reactions that release energy

Explaination: complete oxidation of the sugar glucose, C6H12O6, to CO2 and H2O yields substantial free energy. (Free enregy = -2880KJ)

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