AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Final answer: Carbon dioxide is a waste byproduct of cellular respiration.

Detailed explanation-2: -Aerobic respiration breaks down glucose and combines the broken down products with oxygen, making water and carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide is a waste product of aerobic respiration because cells do not need it.

Detailed explanation-3: -Plants, algae and cyanobacteria use energy from sunlight to synthesize carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water in a process called photosynthesis, which produces oxygen as a waste product.

Detailed explanation-4: -Carbon dioxide is the waste product involved in the aerobic respiration of the plants whereas oxygen is the waste product during the process called photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is the process by which the plants take up the light and that light is converted into the chemical energy to meet the requirements of food.

Detailed explanation-5: -Aerobic Respiration Translating that formula into English: One molecule of glucose can be broken down in the presence of oxygen gas to produce waste products of carbon dioxide (which we breathe out) and water. This process has an overall release of energy which is captured and stored in 38 molecules of ATP.