Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
15th Edition
ISBN: 9781337408332
Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 5, Problem 9SQ
A molecule that donates electrons becomes ________, and the one that accepts the electrons becomes ________.
- a. reduced; oxidized
- b. ionic; electrified.
- c. oxidized; reduced
- d. electrified; ionic
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