A bowl of cereal and 40ml of ethanol roughly contain the

Last updated: 7/8/2022

A bowl of cereal and 40ml of ethanol roughly contain the same amount of potential energy. What is the main difference then between burning ethanol in a petri dish and burning glucose in your body? The burning of glucose in your body happens in small steps that only release a little energy at a time while burning ethanol releases the energy all at once. Burning ethanol releases energy while burning glucose releases only matter. The burning of ethanol happens much slower than the burning of glucose. There is no difference, both reactions occur the same way.