Answer 1:
Photosynthesis and cellular respiration are
almost totally different from the Biochemistry
perspective. In terms of the end products,
they're almost exactly the opposite of each-other:
photosynthesis takes carbon dioxide and water and,
using energy in the form of the sun's light, strip
the hydrogen from the water and combine it with
the carbon dioxide to make sugar, producing oxygen
gas as a waste product. Cellular respiration, on
the other hand, takes oxygen gas and combines it
with sugar to produce carbon dioxide and water,
releasing the energy that went into making the
sugar in the first place, only now the energy is
ultimately tuned into heat and can't be turned
back into sunlight. |
Answer 2:
Photosynthesis and cellular respiration are
similar in the fact that they are both used to
generate ATP, which is chemical energy, for
organisms. The differences between the two
processes lie in the fact that photosynthesis is
carried out by mainly plants and some kinds of
microorganisms to make ATP from light energy,
whereas cellular respiration is mainly carried out
by animals and various microorganisms to generate
ATP from food. I hope this helps! Click Here to return to the search form.
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