EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Plants have mitochondria and can perform cellular respiration. When would plants need to release energy by cellular respiration? Plants would release energy through cellular respiration in times when sunlight is not present.

Detailed explanation-2: -Photosynthesis and cellular respiration are the life processes performed by most living organisms to obtain usable energy from nature. While photosynthesis is performed by most plants which can prepare their own food, most animals fulfill their energy requirements through cellular respiration.

Detailed explanation-3: -Respiration occurs in the presence of oxygen to form water and carbon dioxide to breakdown glucose and release energy. Respiration does not require sunlight and chlorophyll, photosynthesis requires these. Therefore this statement is false.

Detailed explanation-4: -Plants carry out both photosynthesis and cellular respiration. They make their own food, and then break down those glucose molecules later, generating ATP to power their cellular processes. Fun fact!