What is the Difference Between Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis?
Think of photosynthesis as charging a battery (sunlight to glucose) and cellular respiration as using that battery (glucose to ATP energy). Simple as that!
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Photosynthesis makes glucose and oxygen using sunlight, while cellular respiration takes glucose and oxygen to produce energy, water, and carbon dioxide. One's the 'cook' and the other's the 'eater'!
Photosynthesis turns sunlight into sugar and oxygen, kinda like a plant's kitchen. Cellular respiration breaks down those sugars to release energy, like a power plant.
Photosynthesis is how plants make their food; cellular respiration is how animals (and plants, too) use that food for energy.
Hot take: Photosynthesis is just the plants showing off they can make food out of thin air, while cellular respiration is more practical, like the 9-to-5 grind.
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