How does the role of energy differ in photosynthesis and cellular respiration?

Answer 1

Photosynthesis (in green plants) uses sunlight as energy so it can make carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water. Cellular respiration (usually animal cells) makes energy breaking down carbohydrates and produces carbon dioxide and water.

Answer 2

In photosynthesis, energy is absorbed by the chloroplasts and used to bind carbon dioxide and water into glucose. Cellular respiration unlocks this energy by combining it with oxygen and breaking the glucose down into carbon dioxide and water, releasing the stored energy within.

Answer 3

Photosynthesis is a process of making sugars from CO2, water and light energy, a fundamental mechanism of making food(sugars) in plants. Cellular respiration is deriving energy or ATP that is found in all living organisms including animals. Photosynthesis occurs in chloroplast and cellular respiration happens at mitochondria.

Answer 4

What is the difference between the energy used in photosynthesis and the energy used in cellular respiration?

Answer 5

Photosynthesis is the process by which plantlife turns sugar into food while cellular respiration is how we breath by using oxygen and turning it into CO2

Answer 6

In photosynthesis, Light energy from the Sun is being stored as chemical energy.

In cellular respiration, the Sun's light energy stored as chemical energy is released to power life.