Gasoline will not burn in your car's engine unless it is ignited with a spark from a sparkplug. In this situation, the spark is providing:

A) hydrolytic energy.
B) activation energy.
C) entropy.
D) enzymatic energy.
E) coenzyme energy.


Answer: B

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