I am just wondering this out of curiosity, and I'd greatly appreciate if someone answered it! No rush, though, because it's not on any worksheet that I need to turn in, it just popped into my thoughts when I was answering another person's question. Since a plant goes through both the photosynthesis and cellular respiration process, do they go through these processes at the same time? Or do they have some way of rotating through? Thanks to whoever knows the answer!

Respuesta :

Plants do go through cellular respiration and photosynthesis at the same time (If there is sunlight), as they need to use cellular respiration to use the food for energy, where the food is broken down to produce energy, and of course plants need to go through photosynthesis in order to make the glucose (food). So yes they can do both of these processes at the same time as long as there's sunlight.