Photosynthesis vs. Cellular Respiration — What's the Difference?

Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants create energy.

It utilizes glucose and oxygen to produce carbon dioxide and water.

Chlorophyll in plant cells facilitates photosynthesis.

Cellular respiration is essential for all aerobic organisms.

Photosynthesis is vital for life on Earth.

Cellular respiration breaks down glucose to generate ATP.

It involves the conversion of sunlight into glucose.

It is an exergonic process releasing energy.

It is an endergonic reaction requiring solar energy.

Cellular respiration primarily occurs in mitochondria.

The process in green plants and certain other organisms by which carbohydrates are synthesized from carbon dioxide and a source of hydrogen (usually water), using light as an energy source. Most forms of photosynthesis release oxygen as a byproduct.

(biology) Any process by which plants and other photoautotrophs convert light energy into chemical energy,

Principally, oxygenic photosynthesis, any process by which plants and algae convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.

Also, non-oxygenic photosynthesis, used by purple and green bacteria, heliobacteria, and acidobacteria.

The process of constructive metabolism by which carbohydrates are formed from water vapor and the carbon dioxide of the air in the chlorophyll-containing tissues of plants exposed to the action of light. It was formerly called assimilation, but this is now commonly used as in animal physiology. The details of the process are not yet clearly known. Baeyer's theory is that the carbon dioxide is reduced to carbon monoxide, which, uniting with the hydrogen of the water in the cell, produces formaldehyde, the latter forming various sugars through polymerization. Vines suggests that the carbohydrates are secretion products of the chloroplasts, derived from decomposition of previously formed proteids. The food substances are usually quickly translocated, those that accumulate being changed to starch, which appears in the cells almost simultaneously with the sugars. The chloroplasts perform photosynthesis only in light and within a certain range of temperature, varying according to climate. This is the only way in which a plant is able to organize carbohydrates. All plants without a chlorophyll apparatus, as the fungi, must be parasitic or saprophytic.

Synthesis of compounds with the aid of radiant energy (especially in plants)

Photosynthesis converts sunlight into glucose, providing energy for plants and oxygen for animals.

The products of photosynthesis (glucose and oxygen) are the reactants for cellular respiration and vice versa.

Cellular respiration primarily takes place in the mitochondria of cells.

Oxygen acts as the final electron acceptor in the electron transport chain, facilitating ATP production.

It's endergonic because it absorbs energy (sunlight) from its surroundings.

Animals produce carbon dioxide, which plants use in photosynthesis.

All aerobic organisms undergo cellular respiration, but anaerobic organisms do not use oxygen in their respiration processes.

No, photosynthesis requires sunlight, so it doesn't occur at night.

Green plants, algae, and some bacteria perform photosynthesis.

Photosynthesis produces oxygen and consumes carbon dioxide, influencing Earth's atmospheric composition.

In the absence of oxygen, cells may undergo anaerobic respiration or fermentation, producing less ATP.

The main energy molecule produced is ATP (adenosine triphosphate).

It's exergonic because it releases energy when glucose is broken down.

Chlorophyll, a green pigment in plants, captures sunlight.

Glucose is broken down in a series of reactions to produce ATP, carbon dioxide, and water.