Cellular Respiration & Photosynthesis

In 6 (minimum) to 12 (maximum) sentences, briefly summarize in your own

words: (1) similarities in the processes of cellular respiration and photosynthesis
OR (2) differences in the two processes.
Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis are two main processes performed by most living
organisms to obtain usable energy from nature. Photosynthesis is performed by most plants
that prepare its own food. Animals fulfil their energy requirements through cellular respiration.
Photosynthesis is the process used by plant cells to convert light energy from the sun into
chemical energy, to create energy-rich carbohydrate molecules like glucose. Cellular
respiration is the process of breaking down food molecules to obtain energy and store it in the
form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) molecules.
Photosynthesis undergo cellular respiration to create ATP molecules for animals to obtain food
molecules and also all living organisms utilize these stored ATP molecules to carry out their
metabolic processes.
Photosynthesis works: Carbon Dioxide + Water + Sunlight = Glucose + Oxygen
Cellular Respiration works: Glucose + Oxygen = Carbon Dioxide + Water + Energy (ATP)
The differences are that photosynthesis utilizes sunlight to produce food molecules and cellular
respiration utilizes glucose molecules to obtain energy-storing ATP molecules.

A New Cell
You have just isolated a new cell and you wish to classify it. Assume that you are able
to see the inside of your cell with the lab microscope.
1) How would you determine if your cell is either eukaryotic or prokaryotic?
What are the similarities/differences of eukaryotic/prokaryotic cells?
You can determine it by their structure, packing density and arrangement of their genes on the
chromosome. The differences are: Eukaryotic cells contain membrane-bound organelles, such
as the nucleus, while Prokaryotic cells do not; they are considered cell organisms without a cell
nucleus, or any other membrane-bound organelles, which most are unicellular. Also they
include the presence of mitochondria and chloroplasts, the cell wall and the structure of
chromosomal DNA.
2) Assume that your cell is eukaryotic. How would you determine if your cell
is either an animal or plant cell? What are the similarities and differences of
animal/plant cells? (Remember that animal and plant cells are eukaryotic.)
The microscope you would see chloroplasts and vacuoles in plants, and the organelles shows
division of labour, where each type of organelle has a specific role within the cell and all works
together to ensure the survival of the cell.
The similarities and differences of the animal/plant cells are they both have organelles, they
carries different functions. A plant has chloroplasts, cell walls, vacuole, amyloplasts, and
plasmodesmata. Animal has one; centrioles. Eukaryotes do have true nuclei containing their
DNA, whereas the genetic material in prokaryotes is not membrane-bound. The eukaryotes
mitochondria and chloroplast perform various metabolic processes and are believed to have
been derived from endosymbiotic bacteria. Overall the walls would show the differences.