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Photosynthesis And Cellular Respiration Relationship

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Plant Cells help us in many ways.Plant Cells provide oxygen for us to breath. They make oxygen for us from a process called photosynthesis. Then your cells perform cellular respiration to make ATP. Photosynthesis and Cellular respiration are connected through an important relationship. Their formulas are the exact opposite. Cellular respiration formula is C6H12O6 + 6O2 → 6CO2 + 6H2O and photosynthesis is 6CO2 + 6H2O → C6H12O6+ 6O2.Photosynthesis makes glucose which then is turned back into carbon dioxide.In photosynthesis water is being broken down and in cellular respiration water is being combined with hydrogen to form water. The released oxygen is for cellular respiration. We breath the oxygen and the oxygen goes through our blood and cells. Photosynthesis happens everyday. Photosynthesis starts with the sun. It needs light to happen in the chlorophyll. The light is absorbed by the cell and starts the photosynthesis process. They then produce glucose from carbon dioxide and water. The glucose can be converted into pyruvate which releases ATP. Photosynthesis takes place in the chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is this green pigment inside the plant cell. It is a complex molecule. There are several modifications among …show more content…

Light is absorbed in the chlorophyll and gets the electrons excited. The electron is transferred to another molecule. Which then leads to the splitting of water molecules and the transferred energy to ATP.” A light-dependent series of reactions which occur in the grana and require the direct energy of light to make energy-carrier molecules that are used in the second process. Light energy is trapped by chlorophyll to make ATP (photophosphorylation) at the same time water is split into oxygen,hydrogen ions and free electrons:2H2O 4H+ + O2 + 4e- (photolysis)the electrons then react with a carrier molecule nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP), changing it from its oxidised state (NADP+) to its reduced

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