Photosynthesis Vs. Cellular Respiration

Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration have many attributes that make them similar but also different. 

First of all, Cellular Respiration is the process where plants use sunlight, carbon dioxide and water to make food where as cellular respiration is when the food produced, is used to release stored energy. Cellular Respiration aids energy so that it may be transferred from place to place. Aside from helping with the energy process, both processes have electron transport chains. They also allow chemiosmosis to allow ATP synthase to produce ATP. This is where energy produced and released by Photosynthesis and Cellular respiration becomes necessary. Although they are mostly similar in terms of energy, both processes are different in that photosynthesis has two electron transport chains compared to cellular respiration, which has one. The process Photosynthesis also involves carbon dioxide and water vs. Cellular Respiration which uses oxygen and glucose.  Another difference has to do with photosynthesis'  production of food where as Cellular respiration  breaks it down, such as glucose. Photosynthesis requires sunlight and carbon where as Cellular Respiration requires Carbon dioxide. Another similarity is that the processes of cellular respiration and photosynthesis, are both broken down into two processes. However, the difference is that photosynthesis processes are split based on the need of light energy whereas cellular respiration is split on the need of oxygen. 

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