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Photosynthesis is the process that captures energy from sunlight and make sugars to store for chemical energy, whereas cellular respiration is the process that releases chemical energy from sugars and other carbon-based molecules to make ATP when oxygen is present. In addition, cellular respiration takes place in both plant and animal cells while photosynthesis only takes place in plant cells, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s less important to animals in the long run. Photosynthesis is a process that captures energy from sunlight to make sugars that store chemical energy by absorbing visible light and takes place in the chloroplast. In photosynthesis there are two stages, light-dependent reactions and

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