Excretion

Question 1

Metabolic activities generate ___

Answer 1

Nitrogenous materials

Question 2

Excretion

Answer 2

Biological process of removing harming metabolic wastes from the body

Question 3

Where are kidneys located

Answer 3

Abdomen, either side of the backbone

Question 4

What happens after kidneys produce urine

Answer 4

It passes through ureters
it is stored in urinary bladder
released through urethra

Question 5

Kidney function

Answer 5

It removes nitrogenous waste such as urea or uric acid from blood

Question 6

Nephron structure

Answer 6

cluster of thin walled capillaries
each cluster has a cup-shaped end of a coiled tube: bowman’s capsule

Question 7

Nephron function

Answer 7

It removes nitrogenous waste such as urea or uric acid from blood

selectively re-absorbs glucose, amino acids, salts and water from urine

Question 8

4 ways plants excrete

Answer 8

transpiration: excess water

lose some parts such as leaves
(since they are dead cells)
store waste products in their cellular vacuoles
stored in resin and gums in old xylem

excrete into soil