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If photosynthesis produces cellular energy (atp) from sunlight, why do plant cells also need to perform cellular respiration, a process that produces atp from sugar

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if a plant just did photosynthesis then the plant would not have any food and just an abundant amount of ATP. they use cellular respiration to make food they can use to grow

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