Pizza was brought up at the beginning also. What type of chemical reaction do you think breaks down the sugars in the pizza to give you energy?
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The chemical reaction that breaks down the sugars in pizza to provide energy is called cellular respiration. Specifically, it is aerobic cellular respiration, which involves the complete breakdown of glucose (sugar) molecules in the presence of oxygen. This process occurs in our body's cells and releases energy in the form of ATP (adenosine triphosphate) that our body can use for various functions.