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How are the chemical equations of photosynthesis and cellular respiration related to each other?

A. Glucose is the starting molecule for both processes.
B. The chemicals involved in each process are different.
C. The two equations are opposites of each other.
D. The two equations are identical.

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Here is an explanation to help you.

Photosynthesis is related to cellular respiration because cellular respiration uses glucose and O2, then produces carbon dioxide and water plus ATP, and then photosynthesis uses carbon dioxide and water to produce glucose and O2. They are basically doing different things but helping each other in an endless loop of what is created and used by another and what is used and recreated by another.

So C is correct


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C. They're opposite of each other
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