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Photosynthesis and cellular respiration are the processes by which plant and animal cells produce energy, allowing them to function and stay alive.
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Photosynthesis and cellular respiration are the processes by which plant and animal cells produce energy, allowing them to function and stay alive.
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∙ 13y agoPhotosynthesis is the process in which green plants make their own food... i.e. glucose. When they do not have light they cannot perform photosynthesis so they must use respiration to make their energy. Respiration is the process of breaking down glucose to extract energy.
Animals use respiration as their only means of getting energy.
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∙ 12y agoIn a way, they are both exactly the opposite of each other.
Photosynthesis utilises the Sun's energy to combine water and carbon dioxide to form glucose and oxygen, while respiration breaks glucose down by combining it with oxygen to form water and carbon dioxide.
Photosynthesis:
6H2O + 6CO2 + energy ---> C6H12O6 + 6O2
Respiration:
C6H12O6 + 6O2 ---> 6H2O + 6CO2 + energy
However, no respiration is possible without the initial glucose so, as photosynthesis is the way to 'trap' glucose and store it for animals and non-photosythesising organisms to respire and release energy, I guess it is possible to say that photosynthesis is a little more important.
But, then again, photosynthesising organisms also have to respire. So, without respiration, there can be no photosynthesis.
So, actually, they're both as important as each other.
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∙ 14y agoIf you mean cellular respiration performed by the mitochondria, it is because photosynthesis is able to produce glucose which through respiration the cell is able to achieve energy.
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∙ 10y agoThese two are interdependent because they work together 24/7. Photosynthesis
and respiration are like twins but perform opposite tasks.
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∙ 13y agoVery! We need to breath in oxygen. We breath out carbon dioxide. Plants breath in carbon dioxide and breath out oxygen.
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∙ 8y agoIt makes energy for needs. however respiration uses products of photosynthesis.
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An important by-product of photosynthesis?
Oxygen is an important by-product of photosynthesis. It is important because it is utilized in aerobic cellular respiration.
Does the reduction of CO2 occur in respiration or photosynthesis?
photosynthesis respiration produces co2, uses o2 photosynthesis opposite
How are the processes of aerobic respiration and photosynthesis interrelated?
with enzyme.Cellular respiration need glucose.This glucose is produced in photosynthesis
Do plant cells carry on respiration and photosynthesis?
Plant cells carry on photosynthesis, but they do not carry on respiration.
Why photosynthesis and cellular respiration are important processes to maintain life functions?
Photosynthesis is not a bodily function of animals (humans included), but it is important for our survival. Plants go through photosynthesis to create food and nutrients for their survival. It happens that one of the waste products of this cycle is oxygen, which we breathe in. Cellular respiration, on the other hand, occurs in both plants and animals. It is an important function that creates energy.
Why is cellular repiration important to photosynthesis?
Cellular respiration produces, the reactants for photosynthesis, so without cellular respiration photosynthesis, couldn't occur.
Why is it important that the processes of respiration and photosynthesis stay in balance?
Because in respiration CarbondiOxide is realeased by human beings and in photosynthesis oxygen is given out by plants.
What is one reason that photosynthesis is important for respiration?
Photosynthesis makes the glucose molecules which are later respired.
Is mitochondria in photosynthesis or respiration?
It invoves in respiration. Specifically it is aerobic respiration
Photosynthesis and resporation are important processes in which two biogeologic cycles?
respiration is the reverse of photosynthesis and are the important processes of carbon cycle and water cycle.
Why isit important for the planet that the processes of respiration and photosynthesis stay in balance?
It is important for these two processes to stay balanced because they both require each other. Respiration requires the sugars and O2 produced from photosynthesis while photosynthesis requires the H2O and CO2 produced from respiration. Look at the diagram below in order to see how it works out.
Is either photosynthesis of respiration controlled by enzymes?
respiration is but photosynthesis isn't.
Is photosynthesis the opposite of respiration?
Yes. respiration is the opposite reaction of photosynthesis.
What is reverse of photosynthesis cellular respiration?
The reverse of photosynthesis is cellular respiration.
What is true of the role of carbohydrates in photosynthesis and cellular respiration?
Carbohydrates are made in photosynthesis. it is burning in the cellular respiration.
Why photosynthesis and respiration important?
Photosynthesis is the process in which green plants make their own food... i.e. glucose. When they do not have light they cannot perform photosynthesis so they must use respiration to make their energy. Respiration is the process of breaking down glucose to extract energy. Animals use respiration as their only means of getting energy.
Why photosynthesis and respiration are important?
Photosynthesis is the process in which green plants make their own food... i.e. glucose. When they do not have light they cannot perform photosynthesis so they must use respiration to make their energy. Respiration is the process of breaking down glucose to extract energy. Animals use respiration as their only means of getting energy.
