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GASEOUS EXCHANGE
CELLULAR RESPIRATION
● Cellular respiration is the process in
which the C-H bonds in food are
broken by Oxidation reduction (redox)
reactions and then energy is
transformed into ATP.
● Organisms get the oxygen, needed for
cellular respiration, from their
environment and provide it to their cells.
The carbon dioxide produced during
cellular respiration is taken out of the
cells and ultimately from the body.
AEROBIC RESPIRATION
In aerobic respiration, oxygen is used and there is complete oxidation of the food
material. Carbon dioxide and water are also produced in this process.
GASEOUS EXCHANGE
● Taking in oxygen and giving out of carbon
dioxide is termed as gaseous exchange.
BREATHING
● The term breathing is used for the process
through which animals take air in their bodies
to get oxygen from it and then give out the
air for getting rid of carbon dioxide. Thus
breathing and respiration are not
synonymous. Respiration involves the
mechanical and the biochemical
processes whereas breathing is only the
mechanical or physical process of
exchange of gases.
GASEOUS EXCHANGE IN PLANTS
GASEOUS EXCHANGE IN PLANTS
● Plants have no organs or systems for the
exchange of gases with the environment.
Every cell of the plant body exchanges
gases with the environment by its own.
● The leaves and young stems have stomata
in their epidermis. The gaseous exchange
occurs through these stomata. The inner
cells of leaves (mesophyll) and stems also
have air spaces among them, which help in
the exchange of gases.
GASEOUS EXCHANGE IN PLANTS
● In young stems and leaves, some gaseous exchange also occurs through the
cuticle which is present over their epidermis.
LEAF CELLS FACE TWO SITUATIONS.
● During the daytime when the
mesophyll cells of leaves are carrying
out photosynthesis and respiration
side by side, the oxygen produced in
photosynthesis is utilized in cellular
respiration. Similarly the carbon
dioxide produced during cellular
respiration is utilized in
photosynthesis.
● During night when there is no
photosynthesis occurring, the leaf
cells get oxygen from the environment
and release carbon dioxide through
stomata.
● ACTIVITY
● Draw diagram of stomata of a leaf indicating the movement of gases.
LENTICELS
● In woody stems and mature
roots, the entire surface is covered
by bark which is impervious to
gases or water. However, there are
certain pores in the layer of bark.
These are called the lenticels. The
lenticels allow air to pass through
them.
● Gases diffuse in and out of the
general surface of the young roots.
The gases are found in the soil
surrounding the roots.
LENTICELS
● The lenticels are slightly more raised than the
general surface of the stem.
GASEOUS EXCHANGE IN AQUATIC PLANTS
● The aquatic plants get the oxygen dissolved in water and release carbon
dioxide in the water.
GASEOUS EXCHANGE IN PLANTS

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GASEOUS EXCHANGE IN PLANTS

  • 2. CELLULAR RESPIRATION ● Cellular respiration is the process in which the C-H bonds in food are broken by Oxidation reduction (redox) reactions and then energy is transformed into ATP. ● Organisms get the oxygen, needed for cellular respiration, from their environment and provide it to their cells. The carbon dioxide produced during cellular respiration is taken out of the cells and ultimately from the body.
  • 3. AEROBIC RESPIRATION In aerobic respiration, oxygen is used and there is complete oxidation of the food material. Carbon dioxide and water are also produced in this process.
  • 4. GASEOUS EXCHANGE ● Taking in oxygen and giving out of carbon dioxide is termed as gaseous exchange. BREATHING ● The term breathing is used for the process through which animals take air in their bodies to get oxygen from it and then give out the air for getting rid of carbon dioxide. Thus breathing and respiration are not synonymous. Respiration involves the mechanical and the biochemical processes whereas breathing is only the mechanical or physical process of exchange of gases.
  • 6. GASEOUS EXCHANGE IN PLANTS ● Plants have no organs or systems for the exchange of gases with the environment. Every cell of the plant body exchanges gases with the environment by its own. ● The leaves and young stems have stomata in their epidermis. The gaseous exchange occurs through these stomata. The inner cells of leaves (mesophyll) and stems also have air spaces among them, which help in the exchange of gases.
  • 7. GASEOUS EXCHANGE IN PLANTS ● In young stems and leaves, some gaseous exchange also occurs through the cuticle which is present over their epidermis.
  • 8. LEAF CELLS FACE TWO SITUATIONS. ● During the daytime when the mesophyll cells of leaves are carrying out photosynthesis and respiration side by side, the oxygen produced in photosynthesis is utilized in cellular respiration. Similarly the carbon dioxide produced during cellular respiration is utilized in photosynthesis. ● During night when there is no photosynthesis occurring, the leaf cells get oxygen from the environment and release carbon dioxide through stomata.
  • 9. ● ACTIVITY ● Draw diagram of stomata of a leaf indicating the movement of gases.
  • 10. LENTICELS ● In woody stems and mature roots, the entire surface is covered by bark which is impervious to gases or water. However, there are certain pores in the layer of bark. These are called the lenticels. The lenticels allow air to pass through them. ● Gases diffuse in and out of the general surface of the young roots. The gases are found in the soil surrounding the roots.
  • 11. LENTICELS ● The lenticels are slightly more raised than the general surface of the stem.
  • 12. GASEOUS EXCHANGE IN AQUATIC PLANTS ● The aquatic plants get the oxygen dissolved in water and release carbon dioxide in the water.