Why do plants use cellular respiration?

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Fleur
Jul 30, 2017

Like all other organisms, plants require energy to grow and thrive in their environment. The process of cellular respiration allows plants to break down glucose into ATP. The ATP provides the energy they need to carry out various functions.

Although plants use photosynthesis to produce glucose, they use cellular respiration to release energy from the glucose.

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