WHAT IS LIFE? W/ACHIEVE 1 TERM ACCESS PK
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To explain: In a rapidly growing plant, the rate of
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Cellular respiration refers to a series of reactions in which the organic molecules are broken down and transferred through a series of electron acceptors to generate energy.
In contrast, photosynthesis is the biochemical process of synthesizing food in plants. In this process, they use sunlight energy to fix water and carbon dioxide into organic substances.
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