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Do plant cells perform cellular respiration?

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yes they do. Plant cells have mitochondra which perform cellular respiration. they need to turn stuff into energy too, just like animal cells

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Yes, plants due perform cellular respiration

The reasoning behind this is because they gain energy through both cellular respiration and photosynthesis. Since photosynthesis requires sunlight, cell resp. allows them to gain energy when there is or isn't light present.

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