Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration

Mitochondria

The organelle known as the powerhouse of the cell where cellular respiration primarily occurs.

Photosynthesis

The process of converting light energy into chemical energy.

Carbon dioxide

A product of cellular respiration.

Chlorophyll

The pigment essential for capturing light energy during photosynthesis.

ATP, carbon dioxide, and water

The products of glucose breakdown during cellular respiration.

Light-dependent reactions

The process that occurs in the thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts.

Final electron acceptor

The role of oxygen in cellular respiration.

Stroma

The part of the chloroplast where the Calvin cycle takes place.

Oxygen

The substance that is NOT required for photosynthesis.

Glycolysis

The phase of cellular respiration during which glucose is first broken down.

Autotrophs only

The type of organisms that carry out photosynthesis.

ATP

The energy currency of the cell.

It requires light energy

The FALSE statement about cellular respiration.

Electron carrier

The primary role of NADPH in photosynthesis.

Water

The source from which oxygen is produced during photosynthesis.

Electron transport chain

The process that occurs in both photosynthesis and cellular respiration.

Released as heat

What happens to most of the energy released during cellular respiration.

Glucose and oxygen

The direct products of photosynthesis.

Animals

Organisms that perform cellular respiration but not photosynthesis.

They are opposite processes

The relationship between photosynthesis and cellular respiration.