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Edexcel IGCSE Biology · Spec 2.70

Plant Excretion Through Stomata

Covers identify oxygen and carbon dioxide as plant waste products, Link each waste product to a metabolic process and Explain how gases leave through stomata.

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Plant Excretion Through Stomata

Spec 2.70

What you need to know

  • Identify oxygen and carbon dioxide as plant waste products
  • Link each waste product to a metabolic process
  • Explain how gases leave through stomata

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Answer each question before opening the answer.

Which process produces carbon dioxide in plants?

Respiration

Which process produces oxygen?

Photosynthesis

How do these gases usually leave a leaf?

They diffuse through the stomata

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