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Energy is required to break chemical bonds, and energy is released when bonds

form. How does this observation help explain the energy released by burning Food?

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Step-by-step explanation:

Since energy is released when bonds form, the process of burning food can be explained through exothermic reactions. We use food as a resource to obtain energy through calories, where the chemicals that makeup food result in endothermic reactions to fulfill our dietary needs. As a result, that energy MUST be released since energy can neither be created nor destroyed. Therefore, it must come out as the bonds are broken (usually hydrogen bonds during the process of cellular respiration). While calories are being burned, energy is released, causing bonds to break and resulting in exothermic reactions.

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