Respiration allows plants to produce the necessary energy to perform their vital functions. Respiration of plants requires an exchange of gasesbetween the plant and the environment, since when breathing, plants take oxygen from the environment and expel carbon dioxide (CO2) to the environment.
Photosynthesis is a process that plants carry out to manufacture their own food from various elements that they find in their environment, such as sunlight, carbon dioxide and water, where inorganic materials become organic. This process serves for the development and growth of the plant.
