What role does cellular respiration play in the carbon cycle?

It removes CO2 from the atmosphere during glycolysis. It removes CO2 from the atmosphere during the citric acid cycle. It releases CO2 to the atmosphere during acetyl CoA formation. It releases CO2 to the atmosphere during electron transport. read more

The process is net producer of carbon dioxide, which makes cellular respiration an integral component of the carbon cycle. An accompanying process, photosynthesis is the sink for carbon dioxide (and uses it to make glucose molecules along with generation of oxygen) and is also an integral part of the carbon cycle. read more

In this way, photosynthesis and cellular respiration are linked in the carbon cycle. Carbon and Oxygen Exchange Photosynthesis requires atmospheric carbon, while cellular respiration returns carbon to the atmosphere, and vice versa for oxygen. read more