distinguish between plant respiration and animal respiration ?
Respiration in Animals | Respiration in plants |
It occurs through specialized organs like lungs, gills etc. | It does not have specialized organs, it occurs through stomata, lenticels, roots,etc |
Animals release CO2 as waste product of metabolism into the atmosphere. | Plants release both oxygen (byproduct of photosynthesis) and carbon dioxide (byproduct of respiration) into the atmosphere. |
Animals obtain glucose and oxygen from outside to perform respiration so they are known as heterotrophs. | Plants take in carbon dioxide from the environment to produce glucose inside its body and hence are known as autotrophs. |