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Explain why cellular respiration can be considered a spontaneous reaction. Does it build polymers or does it break them down?

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In short, Cellular Respiration can be considered spontaneous because it releases energy (negative enthalpy) and becomes disordered(positive entropy)

A spontaneous reaction is a decrease in enthalpy ans an increase in entropy.
Entropy is energy release from a system when an event takes place.

The purpose of cellular respiration is to release energy from glucose so that organisms can use that energy.
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