How Does Excretion Occur in Plants?

Plants produce two gaseous waste products i.e. oxygen during photosynthesis and carbon dioxide during respiration. Excretion of gaseous waste in plants takes place through stomatal pores on leaves. ... Excess of water is also excreted from the plant body through the stomatal pores and from the surfaces of fruits and stems.

How does excretion occur in plants Class 10?

Excretion is carried out in the plants in the following ways: The gaseous wastes, oxygen, carbon dioxide and water vapor are removed through the stomata of leaves and lenticels of stems. Some waste products collect in the leaves and bark of trees. When the leaves and bark are shed, the wastes are eliminated.

What is excretion and how does it happen?

Excretion, the process by which animals rid themselves of waste products and of the nitrogenous by-products of metabolism. Through excretion organisms control osmotic pressure—the balance between inorganic ions and water—and maintain acid-base balance.

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