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Diego Martínez Paz
Nov 2, 2017
  • 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
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