Question

Why digestion of food is called combustion

Answer 1

Answer:

Your cells mix oxygen molecules with sugar molecules and get an oxidation reaction a slow reaction where the atoms combine in new ways to make carbon dioxide molecules and water molecules, with some leftover energy. Digeation gives off just the same amount of energy as burning the same amount of food in a fire.

Explanation:

Answer 2

digestion of food is called combustion because in digestion there is excretion of heat and heat is released

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