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Photosynthesis and cellular respiration are related processes in living things. What is true about these processes?
A.
Animals perform only photosynthesis.
B.
Plants perform only photosynthesis.
C.
Plants perform both photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
D.
Animals perform both photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
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Plants perform both processes: they use photosynthesis (in chloroplasts) to make glucose and oxygen from sunlight, CO2 and water, and they use cellular respiration (in mitochondria) to break down glucose for ATP. Animals do cellular respiration but do not photosynthesize.
Plants perform both processes: they use photosynthesis (in chloroplasts) to make glucose and oxygen from sunlight, CO2 and water, and they use cellular respiration (in mitochondria) to break down glucose for ATP. Animals do cellular respiration but do not photosynthesize.
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