Cellular Respiration And Photosynthesis

Energy is a very essential thing in our world today. Many things, such as animals and plants require some type of energy to operate on a day to day basis. However, one may think where does this needed energy come from. Well the energy comes from processes such and photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Photosynthesis and cellular respiration are chemical reactions that take place within cells of either plants or animal to help produce the energy the organism make need. Photosynthesis is the process in which plants generate their own energy by intaking sunlight, carbon dioxide and water. There are two types of photosynthesis reactions, light reactions and dark reactions reactions. While both reactions occur in the chloroplast, dark reactions actually do not require sunlight to happen.The chemical equation, 6H2O + 6CO2 + photons → C6H12O6 + 6O2, displays how a plants converts the energy it receives, into useful energy for itself. Photosynthesis reactions are important because the glucose that is produced during this process is stored in fruits and the oxygen produced or released into air for us to breathe.

Respiration is one of the key ways a cell releases chemical energy to generate cellular activity. ATP is found in all cells in all forms of life. It's a complex organic chemical that takes part in many processes. ATP is a molecule that does work in a cell that has a reaction that removes one of the phosphate oxygen groups, creating ADP. With the equation for Cellular Respiration being C6H12O6 + 6O2 ---> 6H20 + 6CO2 + ATP, we see that by utilizing the oxygen and food we take in, we can create