Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis

"Compare and contrast photosynthesis and cellular respiration."

All plants use photosynthesis.  Even the
apple trees in this orchard.

     Hello all!  Today I am going to be talking about some of the similarities and differences in the two interesting phenomenons called photosynthesis and cellular respiration.

     Right off the bat we see an obvious similarity between the two.  They both use ATP.  (In case you were wondering, ATP is a chemical compound that conveys chemical energy inside of cells for metabolism.)

     We also see a key difference between the two.  This difference is how photosynthesis happens inside of things that we call chloroplasts, but cellular respiration takes place in the mitochondria.

     The last thing that I would like to mention is how photosynthesis and cellular respiration help each other.  They rely upon one another in order to properly work.  In my opinion, this is the main similarity between the two processes.

   
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