How Are Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis Almost Opposite Processes?
They're basically a chemical seesaw: photosynthesis builds glucose and oxygen, while cellular respiration breaks them down to fuel cells. Balance in everything!
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Think of photosynthesis as nature's bakery creating delicious glucose donuts with sunlight, and cellular respiration as that donut being devoured for energy.
One makes the stuff (glucose and O2), the other uses up the stuff (glucose and O2) to release energy. It's like teamwork, but on a molecular level!
In my experience, plants keep us breathing by photosynthesis, and we keep them growing with cellular respiration. It's the circle of (biological) life!
Photosynthesis takes in sunlight, water, and CO2 to make glucose and oxygen, while cellular respiration breaks down glucose and oxygen to release energy, water, and CO2. Yup, it's a classic yin-yang situation!
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