If a plant is releasing carbon dioxide and taking in oxygen during the day, does it mean that there is no photosynthesis occurring? Justify your answer.
If plant is releasing CO2 and taking in O2, it doesn’t mean that no photosynthesis is happening in the plant. In day time, plants perform both respiration and photosynthesis simultaneously. Plants use up all carbon dioxide released by respiration in the process of photosynthesis. Similarly, some of the oxygen produced during photosynthesis is used up in respiration.