When glycogen is broken down into sugar what type of reaction occurs?
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The answer is hydrolysis. Glycogen is a polymer of glucose linked together by α(1→4) glycosidic bonds and α(1→<span>6)-linked branches. During hydrolysis, a water molecule is consumed for every bond that is hydrolyzed. Attached diagram is a clear description of this process. In biology, the degradation of glycogen to glucose is referred to as glycogenolysis. </span>
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Explanation:
Balloon that an ocean diver takes to a pressure of 202 k Pa will get reduced in size that is the volume of the balloon will get reduced. This is because pressure and volume of the gas are inversely related to each other.
According to Boyle's law: The pressure of the gas is inversely proportional to the volume occupied by the gas at constant temperature(in Kelvins).
(At constant temperature)
The pressure beneath the sea is 202 kPa and the atmospheric pressure is 101.3 kPa . This increase in pressure will result in decrease in volume occupied by the gas inside the balloon with decrease in size of a balloon. Hence, the size of the balloon will get reduced at 202 kPa (under sea).