Plants respire only at night. True or false?

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False.
Like other living beings, plants also respire constantly irrespective of day and night. However, during day they also give out oxygen by photosynthesis than what they use for respiration.

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Mark ‘T’ if the statement is true and ‘F’ if it is false:
(ii) Plants carry out photosynthesis only during the day and respiration only at night.

Mention if the following statements are true or false. If false, rewrite them correctly.

(a) Aerobic respiration of one mole of glucose yields 138 ATP

(b) Anaerobic respiration in plants yields lactic acid.

(d) All leaves of a green plant normally respire anaerobically at night.

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Plants respire only at night. True or false?

False.Like other living beings, plants also respire constantly irrespective of day and night. However, during day they also give out oxygen by photosynthesis than what they use for respiration.

False.
Like other living beings, plants also respire constantly irrespective of day and night. However, during day they also give out oxygen by photosynthesis than what they use for respiration.