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Respiration is an essential life process in plants. It is necessary for the synthesis of essential metabolites including carbohydrates, amino acids and fatty acids, as well as for the transport of minerals and other solutes between cells. It consumes between 25 and 75% of all the carbohydrates produced in photosynthesis at ordinary growth rates.

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How is the equation for respiration related to the photosynthesis equation?

They both use the same things but photosynthesis's products are what respiration starts with like respirtion needs oxgyen and glucose or sugar and photosynthesis is what give the oxgyen and glucose (sugar).


Plants do photosynthesis only and animals do cellular respiration only?

Well plants are autotrophs, so photosynthesis is how they eat, because it is obviously visible plants do not have mouths. We don't need photosynthesis because we eat food like twinkies and meat to get our energy. Respiration is something every eukaryote (plant/animal/fungi/protist) needs to do.


Why do plants respire?

You know that all living organisms respire in order to release energy from glucose and make it available in the form of adenosine triphosphate for chemical, osmotic and other work. Plants are no exception. They need to respire virtually all the time in order to supply their energy needs. They are not able to use the adenosine triphosphate generated in photosynthesis for these purposes. Plants respire in the normal way using glycolysis, Krebs cycle, oxidative phosphorylation etc Often, the respiration is masked by the fact that photosynthesis produces oxygen faster than respiration takes it up and photosynthesis uses carbon dioxide faster than respiration produces it. It is only in the dark that the full effects of respiration become apparent when photosynthesis is brought to a halt.


Is respiration opposite of photosynthesis?

in a way respiration is the opposite of photosynthesis. Because when you look at the formula for each of them one is the reverse of the other. However, photosynthesis is the process of changeing sunlight to energy and respiration is when a cell no longer needs a part of it, or that part gets too old. Say, for example a mitochondria isn't doing it's job, then the cell will break it down and use the remainder if the mitochondria for something else. That is respiration.


Why would a cell need to do photosynthesis and cell respiration?

A cell needs to do photosynthesis to convert sunlight into energy in the form of glucose. It then undergoes cell respiration to break down glucose and release stored energy for cellular processes. Together, photosynthesis and cell respiration maintain the cell's energy balance for growth, maintenance, and reproduction.

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Why does cellular respiration depend on photosynthesis?

Cellular respiration needs glucose. Glucose is produced by photosynthesis


Why does a plant need both photosynthesis and respiration to survive?

Plants need photosynthesis to produce food by converting sunlight into energy. However, they also need respiration to break down this food and release the energy stored in it. Respiration provides the necessary energy for various metabolic processes essential for growth, maintenance, and reproduction in plants.


Explain the differences and similarities of photosynthesis and cellular respiration?

Photosynthesis only happens in plants and fungi, while respiration happens with animals. In the process of photosynthesis, plants take in CO2 and water and they produce oxygen and glucose. In the process of respiration, animals take in the oxygen and glucose that the plants produce and release CO2 and water, which the plants take in. This all fit to become a cycle, which is why we and plants support one another. In the night, however, plants perform the process of respiration instead of photosynthesis. The similarities that they have is that they are both processes that provide the needs of life to the different organisms.


How is the equation for respiration related to the photosynthesis equation?

They both use the same things but photosynthesis's products are what respiration starts with like respirtion needs oxgyen and glucose or sugar and photosynthesis is what give the oxgyen and glucose (sugar).


How do the processess of photosynthesis and cellular respiration work together?

both of which are released into the air during respiration. And during respiration, the plant needs oxygen and glucose, which are both produced through photosynthesis!


Which of plants needs are related to the sun?

photosynthesis


Plants do photosynthesis only and animals do cellular respiration only?

Well plants are autotrophs, so photosynthesis is how they eat, because it is obviously visible plants do not have mouths. We don't need photosynthesis because we eat food like twinkies and meat to get our energy. Respiration is something every eukaryote (plant/animal/fungi/protist) needs to do.


Do aquatic hydrilla plants need to search for oxygen?

Oxygen to Hydrilla plant is available through water, however, it needs O2 for respiration which is radially available as a byproduct of photosynthesis


Who needs plants?

people because of oxegen ,... photosynthesis


How does cellular respiration depend on photosynthesis?

Aerobic respiration requires oxygen to produce energy and expels carbon dioxide. This ultimately depends on photosynthesis, because plants take the carbon dioxide out of the air and use it for photosynthesis, which expels oxygen into the air as waste.


What do the plants need to do the photosynthesis?

The plant needs carbon dioxide, water and chlorophyll for photosynthesis. It also needs the energy of sunlight.


How do photosynthesis and respiration affect the carbon dioxide oxygen cycle?

plants during photosynthesis take in carbon dioxide and give out oxygen while animals during respiration breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide making a complete continuous cycle.