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Cellular respiration occurs in both plants and animals. why do plants need cellular respiration?

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Like all other organisms, plants require energy to grow and thrive in their environment. The process of cellular respiration allows plants to break down glucose into ATP. ... Although plants use photosynthesis to produce glucose, they use cellular respiration to release energy from the glucose

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