Excretion
Excretion: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Excretion, Human Excretory System, Hemodialysis & Excretion in Plants etc.
Important Questions on Excretion
Birds and lizards are two groups of animals in which the nitrogenous wastes are excreted from body in the form of uric acid.

How nitrogenous wastes are excreted through the body of insects and lizards?

Human being stores nitrogenous wastes as uric acid before excretion.


Select the correct combination on the basis of uric acid as the excretory material of organisms.

Name the following:
Another term for blood dialysis.



Identify the nitrogenous waste products from the given options:

Dialysis fluid contains all the constituents as in plasma except _____ waste.


The process by which chemical waste is removed from the body is called _____.

What are the waste products which would cause harm to the body if they are not removed?

The process of removal of waste and toxic material from blood using a machine is called dialysis.

Which of the following animal contain kidney like human being?

Which among the following are examples of secondary metabolites?

Kidneys in human beings are the parts of a system that helps in

_____ is the cup-shaped structure in nephron. (Glomerulus/Bowman capsule)

Carbon dioxide is the waste product in plants, excreted through _____.(epipodites/stomata/spiracles)

Insects such as cockroaches and grasshopper excrete through _____.
