Sanyam Bio
10/30/2011
2.67a)- Excretion in Plants
Recall the origin of carbon dioxide and oxygen as waste products of metabolism and their loss from the stomata of a leaf
Photosynthesis:
CO
2
+ H
2
O ==> C
6
H
12
O
6
+ O
2
Oxygen is a waste molecule and is an example of excretion
Respiration:
C
6
H
12
O
6
+ O
2
==> ATP+
CO
2
+ H
2
O
Carbon dioxide is excreted by the plant as it is a metabolic waste
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