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Do plants have to do cellular respiration?
Why or why not?

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Plants need oxygen because plants are made living cells which need to perform cellular respiration to get the energy they need to function. Admittedly, needing to perform cellular respiration alone does not mean that consuming oxygen is required - many (micro)organisms use fermentation or anaerobic respiration.

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