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Question
Explain, why respiration is said to be a reversed process of photosynthesis?
Solution
In respiration, energy is released as a result of oxidation of food, whereas in photosynthesis it is stored up in a carbohydrate molecule. Oxygen is used in respiration whereas it is given out as a by-product in photosynthesis.
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