Question #46537

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  • Cellular respiration and photosynthesis take part in the carbon cycle, recycling pathways.
  • The products of one process are the reactants of the other, equations are the opposite.

Explanation:

Cellular Respiration: C_6H_"12"O_6 + 6O_2 → 6CO_2 + 6H_2O

Photosynthesis: 6CO_2 + 6H_2O → C_6H_"12"O_6+ 6O_2

Water is catalysed to form oxygen and CO_2 is required during photosynthesis to release O_2.

In contrast, cellular respiration oxygen reacts with hydrogen to form water and requires oxygen to release CO_2.

These processes contribute to maintain balanced atmospheric O_2 and CO_2 levels.

Both coincide in these reactions:

  • Reduction-Oxidation reactions
  • Electron Transport Chain (ETC) with electron carriers.
  • Synthesis of ATP
  • Usage of ATP
  • Phosphorylation