Plants, through photosynthesis, take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen as a byproduct

  • LukeMedia@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Fairly minor correction, but photosynthesis is essentially the opposite of cellular respiration. Plants do respirate and release CO2, but their photosynthesis more than offsets their respiration.

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      10 months ago

      I see! I didn’t know respiration only referred to what animals do. I figured they were both two sides of the same coin