what happens when an atom has lost an electron comes in contact with an atom that has gained an electron?

When an atom that has lost an electron comes in contact with an atom that has gained an electron, usually the the two atoms would attract each other and form a compound. This compound would be ionic since it is governed by ionic bonding.

Explanation:

cellular respiration oxidizes food into energy in the form of atps.

glycolysis (6 c hexose) > 2x atps are used > 6c hexose biphosphate > 2 x 3c triphosphate >

2 x 3c pyruvate (2x nadh produced from nad) and (4x atp produced)

pyruvate actively pumped mitochondrial matrix.

it is because according to the process , scientific inquiry is a process with many steps because each step occurs to the scientist and if you just skip a step there would be no steps to scientific inquiry.