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How does one process provide the raw materials for the other and vice versa?

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The raw materials are water, carbon dioxide, oxygen, glucose, and energy.

Step-by-step explanation:

Photosynthesis takes water and carbon dioxide and turns into glucose sugar.

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To do this the cell must capture energy from the sun to change the chemical bonds.

Respiration takes the sugar produced by the process of photosynthesis and "burns" it using oxygen to produce energy in the form of ATP.

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There are many chemical like the ATP and ADP that the cell uses to complete the process of photosynthesis and respiration but the raw materials are very simple.

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Respiration takes the sugar produced by the process of photosynthesis and "burns" it using oxygen to produce energy in the form of ATP. There are many chemical like the ATP and ADP that the cell uses to complete the process of photosynthesis and respiration but the raw materials are very simple.
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