The gizzard: The bird stomach's second chamber is known as the gizzard. If you've ever eaten a chicken gizzard you know how tough and rubbery it is. To accomplish what the gizzard does, it absolutely must be tough, for the gizzard's main function is to grind and digest tough food.
C12H22O11 + 12 O2 Â® 12 CO2 + 11 H2O This illustrates the methods used for writing balanced reaction equations: 1  Determine the reactants and products. In this case, the products are CO2 and H2O, determined by common sense. 2  Apply the fundamental principle of conservation of atoms.
1 Write a balanced half equation for the oxidation reaction. 2  Write a balanced half equation for the reduction reaction. 3  Add the oxidation and reduction half equations together to give a balanced redox reaction equation. 4  Extract all the relevant information from the question. Write a balanced half equation for the oxidation reaction. 2  Write a balanced half equation for the reduction reaction. 3  Add the oxidation and reduction half equations together to give a balanced redox reaction equation. 4  Extract all the relevant information from the question.