Answer: Photosynthesis creates glucose and oxygen for the cell while cellular respiration creates energy for the cell.
Explanation: Photosynthesis and cellular respiration are two important cellular processes. Photosynthesis occurs only in plants and some photosynthetic bacteria while cellular respiration occurs in both plants and animals.
In photosynthesis, energy from the sun is converted to chemical energy and stored as glucose while in cellular respiration, glucose is broken down to release the stored chemical energy.
Photosynthesis occurs in the chloroplast which is an organelle found only in plant cells while cellular respiration occurs in both plants and animals.
The equation for photosynthesis is 6CO2 + 6H2O + sunlight --> C6H12O6 + 6O2.
The equation for cellular respiration is C6H12O6 + 6O2 --> 6CO2 + 6H2O + Energy.
In photosynthesis, plants use carbon dioxide and water in the presence of sunlight to manufacture glucose and oxygen while in cellular respiration plants and animals breakdown glucose in the presence of oxygen to produce carbon dioxide, water and energy. The energy produced in cellular respiration is used to carry out other cellular processes.
