Why is comparing cellular respiration to a burning fire a poor analogy

Ilian Iliev asked Feb 15, 2022

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Ilian Iliev asked Feb 15, 2022

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A fire will burn all of its potential energy while cellular respiratory will store it as ATP

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burning a fire releases all of the energy in the fuel as heat and light.

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