Hazardous substances are dangerous substances while toxins are poisonous substances. Hazardous substances may cause harm to an individuals health; they include acute toxins such as cyanide; substances harmful after repeated or prolonged exposure such as mercury and silica, among others. Toxic substances can be poisonous or cause health effects.
Answer:
b. How does food yield energy?
Explanation:
The main question is how energy is produced from food such as carbohydrates, fats and proteins etc. First the carbohydrate is converted into glucose molecule and then glucose is absorbed by the cell and is broken down in the mitochondria of the cell with the addition of oxygen and generate energy in the form of adenine tri phosphate. All the scientists wants to know that how a food is converted into energy.
In a series of reactions the energy is converted (along an electron transport process) into ATP and NADPH. Water is split in the process, releasing oxygen as a by-product of the reaction.
