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    The document discusses three common redox reactions: photosynthesis, respiration, and combustion. Photosynthesis uses light energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen in plants. Respiration allows organisms to extract energy from glucose by oxidizing it with oxygen. Combustion involves burning organic compounds like fossil fuels, where the carbon bonds with oxygen and is oxidized.

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    The document discusses three common redox reactions: photosynthesis, respiration, and combustion. Photosynthesis uses light energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen in plants. Respiration allows organisms to extract energy from glucose by oxidizing it with oxygen. Combustion involves burning organic compounds like fossil fuels, where the carbon bonds with oxygen and is oxidized.

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    Everyday redox reactions include

    photosynthesis, respiration, combustion:


    Photosynthesis in Plants
    In photosynthesis, which takes place in the green leaves of plants, carbon dioxide and
    water combine under the influence of light to form molecular oxygen and the
    carbohydrate glucose. The plant uses the glucose as fuel for its metabolic processes.
    In the first step, light energy is used to liberate the hydrogen atoms, reducing them
    and creating oxygen gas; these atoms then reduce the carbon in the carbon dioxide.
    This can be expressed roughly as carbon dioxide + water + light energy →
    carbohydrate + oxygen + water. The overall, balanced reaction for photosynthesis is
    usually written 6 CO2 + 6 H2O --> C6H12O6 + 6 O2.

    Respiration
    Cellular respiration allows organisms to liberate the energy stored in the chemical
    bonds of glucose; think of it as the absolute endpoint in getting fuel from food. The
    balanced redox reaction is:

    C6H12O6 + 6 O2 --> 6 CO2 + 6 H2O + 36 ATP

    Where ATP is adenosine triphosphate, a simple energy-supplying compound that


    drives various other metabolic processes. In this reaction, glucose is oxidized and
    oxygen is reduced. Loosely speaking, whenever you see that a compound has lost
    hydrogen atoms, it's been oxidized and when it's gained them it's been reduced.

    Combustion
    Perhaps you think of burning, or combustion, as more of a physical process than a
    chemical one. Nevertheless, the combustion of, say, the hydrocarbons in fossil fuels,
    as well as the burning of organic material in wood represent quintessential redox
    reactions. In each case, the carbon in the compound being burned bonds with oxygen
    atoms in the air, while some oxygen bonds to the hydrogen in the compound;
    therefore, the compound being burned is oxidized and the oxygen is reduced, with
    carbon dioxide and water vapor emitted as combustion products.

    Reference :

    Crystal, Mike. (2019, 2 Mar) “How Are Oxidation-Reduction Reactions Used in Everyday Life?” Sciencing,,
    https://sciencing.com/oxidation-reduction-used-everyday-life-10020550.html.

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