Similarities Between Cellular Respiration And Photosynthesis

Cellular respiration and photosynthesis are a complementary process reaction. Their reactions tend to be the same just in reverse. While cellular respiration starts off with glucose and oxygen and ends with carbon dioxide and water, photosynthesis begins with carbon dioxide and water and ends with oxygen and glucose. The purpose for cellular respiration is to convert the energy stored in glucose into ATP and photosynthesis to convert water and carbon into glucose. To begin with cellular respiration takes place in the cytoplasm specifically in the mitochondria and the cytosol in where glycolysis occurs. In the cytoplasm molecules break down into smaller molecules while releasing small amounts of energy. Likewise, in the mitochondria, the small molecules begin to react with other molecules producing carbon dioxide, water, and large amounts of energy. On the other hand, photosynthesis takes place in the chloroplast. This is where we can find chlorophyll, which is what gives plants the green color and allows photosynthesis to work. Furthermore, cellular respiration is broken down into three …show more content…
Respiration uses the covalent bonds found in glucose as their source of energy. These bonds in glucose are being carried by NADH and FADH2. Moreover, respiration uses NADH and FADH2 from glucose as their sourchttps://www.grammarly.com/?q=writing&utm_source=placement&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=46860B.png&utm_term=paperratere of electrons for the electron transport. In the final step of electron transport, the electrons are delivered to oxygen gas to form water. On the other hand, photosynthesis simply uses sunlight as its source of energy and water splitting to make oxygen gas as its source of electrons to for the electron transport. As a result, the electrons are delivered to NADP+ in order to form