Can someone help me understand in this image how to determine what is being oxidized and what is being reduced? This is in terms of cellullar respiration redox reactions.

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Can someone help me understand in this image how to determine what is being oxidized and what is being reduced? This is in terms of cellullar respiration redox reactions.

Reactants
HCH
H
Methane
CH4
Products
Oxygen
- becomes oxidized
+ 20₂
0 CO
Carbon dioxide
H-OH
Water
+ Energy + 2 H₂O
becomes reduced.
FIGURE 7.2 Relative loss and gain of electrons in a redox reaction,
the burning of methane (natural gas) in oxygen. Compare the
positions of the electrons in the covalent bonds of reactants and products.
In this redox reaction, methane is oxidized because the carbon atom has
partially lost its shared electrons, and oxygen is reduced because the
oxygen atoms have partially gained electrons.
ⒸCengage Learning 2017
Transcribed Image Text:Reactants HCH H Methane CH4 Products Oxygen - becomes oxidized + 20₂ 0 CO Carbon dioxide H-OH Water + Energy + 2 H₂O becomes reduced. FIGURE 7.2 Relative loss and gain of electrons in a redox reaction, the burning of methane (natural gas) in oxygen. Compare the positions of the electrons in the covalent bonds of reactants and products. In this redox reaction, methane is oxidized because the carbon atom has partially lost its shared electrons, and oxygen is reduced because the oxygen atoms have partially gained electrons. ⒸCengage Learning 2017
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