Question 1

(Multiple Choice)

A living organism represents stored energy in the form of chemical compounds.When an organism dies,what happens to this stored energy?


A)All chemicals immediately lose their high-energy bonds.
B)All molecules immediately degrade into basic elements.
C)All energy immediately leaves,and that is one manifestation that the organism is dead.
D)The chemical compounds in cells lose their organization over time because there is no longer an input of energy to maintain the organized state.
E)The chemical compounds remain exactly intact and ready to start up again unless digested by a consumer or decay organism.

Answer

D