Question

What is the formula for cellular respiration and photosynthesis?

Answer 1

Photosynthesis: energy + carbon dioxide + water = glucose and oxygen. Cellular respiration is the reverse of the photosynthesis formula.

Explanation:

In photosynthesis, what plants need is light energy (from the sun), carbon dioxide, and water. Plants do this in order to get glucose for making their food - and oxygen is released as a by-product, since they have more oxygen than they need.

`"6CO"_2 + 6"H"_2"O" stackrel("Light energy")-> "C"_6"H"_12"O"_6 + 6"O"_2`

To get the formula for cellular respiration, your product will be your raw materials. So... just simply reverse it:

`"C"_6"H"_12"O"_6 + "6O"_2 -> "6CO"_2 + "6H"_2"O + energy"`

Hope this helped!