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Do Plants and animals create energy the same way?

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Plants extract energy from food molecules the same way animals do — by cellular respiration. When plants do cellular respiration, they produce carbon dioxide and use oxygen just like animals do.
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Plants extract energy from food molecules the same way animals do — by cellular respiration.

Most, if not all plants are producers, and they make their own food using sunlight and raw materials, through a process called "photosynthesis". ... Plants get their energy in form of starch whereas animals get it in form of glycogen. Animals get their energy from the food they eat. Animals depend on other living things for food. Some animals eat plants while others eat other animals. This passing of energy from the sun to plants to animals to other animals is called a food chain.

Animals obtain energy from the food they consume, using that energy to maintain body temperature and perform other metabolic functions. Glucose, found in the food animals eat, is broken down during the process of cellular respiration into an energy source called ATP.

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