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kow [346]
3 years ago
14

What happens to the chemical energy that is extracted from molecules by cellular activities but that is not used for cellular wo

rk?
Biology
1 answer:
ale4655 [162]3 years ago
8 0

<u>Answer:</u>

<em>That chemical energy which is not used for cellular work is used to contribute to the entropy of the system. </em>

<u>Explanation:</u>

The <em>chemical energy is stored in the form of sugar in plants and as fats or lipids</em> is used to store energy in animals. The entropy of the system in plant cell is used to produce carbohydrates by <em>combining the water and carbon dioxide. </em>

<em>Humans and animals convert energy obtained from food as fat for the long-term storage of the energy.</em>

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