Identify the FALSE statement.

Correct option is B

Sol: The correct answer is (b) Numerous waste products from plants are stored in centrioles.

Key Points:

• Centrioles are cell structures involved in cell division in animal cells and certain lower plants. Plants typically store waste products in vacuoles, not centrioles.
  
• Centrioles ​are cellular structures found in animal cells and some lower plant cells. They play a critical role in cell division by helping to organize the assembly of microtubules during mitosis and meiosis. However, centrioles are not involved in the storage of waste products.

• Plant Waste Storage: In plants, waste products are commonly stored in vacuoles. Vacuoles are large, membrane-bound organelles that serve various functions, including storage of waste materials, maintaining turgor pressure, and sequestering harmful substances.
• Other Excretory Products: Plants also excrete waste through processes like shedding leaves, exuding resins, gums, and latex. These substances can contain metabolic waste products.

All other options:

Transpiration is the mechanism by which a plant eliminates surplus water.

• True. Transpiration is the process by which water is absorbed by plant roots, moves through plants, and evaporates from aerial parts like leaves.

Photosynthesis produces oxygen as a by-product.

• True. During photosynthesis, plants convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen, with oxygen being a by-product.

Gum is an excretory product of plants.

• True. Gum is one of the excretory products of plants, along with resins and latex.