Many of the biological reactions that are essential for the formation and maintenance of highly ordered biological structures are not spontaneous. These necessary reactions are made to occur by a. Increasing the temperature and thus the enthalpy of the organism b. Coupling them with spontaneous reactions that release energy c. Refiguring their Gibbs free energy d. Reversing their direction so that they are spontaneous e. Entropy, which is driving the universe toward its ultimate death of maximum chaos and providing a little bit

Many of the biological reactions that are essential for the formation and maintenance of highly ordered biological structures are not spontaneous. These necessary reactions are made to occur by a. Increasing the temperature and thus the enthalpy of the organism b. Coupling them with spontaneous reactions that release energy c. Refiguring their Gibbs free energy d. Reversing their direction so that they are spontaneous e. Entropy, which is driving the universe toward its ultimate death of maximum chaos and providing a little bit

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Author:Steven S. Zumdahl, Susan A. Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCoste

Publisher:Steven S. Zumdahl, Susan A. Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCoste

Chapter1: Chemical Foundations

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1RQ: Define and explain the differences between the following terms. a. law and theory b. theory and...

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