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What is considered a waste product generated during photosynthesis in plants?
What is considered a waste product generated during photosynthesis in plants?
How do plants primarily deal with excess water?
How do plants primarily deal with excess water?
Where do plants often store their waste products?
Where do plants often store their waste products?
Which of the following is a method by which plants can eliminate waste?
Which of the following is a method by which plants can eliminate waste?
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What form can waste products take in older plant tissues?
What form can waste products take in older plant tissues?
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Study Notes
Plant Excretion Strategies
- Plants differ significantly in their excretion methods from animals.
- Oxygen, a byproduct of photosynthesis, is considered a waste product.
- Plants manage oxygen and carbon dioxide.
- Transpiration removes excess water.
- Plants utilize dead cells and shedding parts (like leaves) to eliminate waste.
- Waste products often accumulate in cellular vacuoles.
- Fallen leaves store waste products.
- Resins and gums, especially in old xylem, store some wastes.
- Plants release some waste into surrounding soil.
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Explore the unique ways plants manage waste compared to animals. This quiz delves into processes like transpiration, the role of vacuoles, and how plants utilize shedding parts for excretion. Understand the importance of oxygen and the ways plants interact with their environment to handle waste products.
