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Why does inhaled air contains less carbon dioxide than exhaled air?
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∙ 12y ago
When we inhaled, we use the oxygen in the air to send to the organs in our body, in order to stay alive. When all the oxygen stored in a red blood cell is used up, our bodies convert it to carbon dioxide, and this is part of the air which we exhaled.
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How does concentration of inhaled and exhaled air differ?
Inhaled air contains more oxygen than carbon dioxide and other gases. Exhaled air contains mostly carbon dioxide as the inhaled oxygen was used up to create energy. Waste carbon dioxide (and other unwanted gases) is then let out of the body and the cycle continues. :)Gas exchangeGas% in inhaled air% in exhaled airOxygen2116Carbon dioxide0.044Nitrogen7979
Whats are the differences between inhaled and exhaled air?
Exhaled air contains CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) and Inhaled air contains O2(Oxygen).
How does the oxygen and carbon dioxide content of exhaled air differ from inhaled air?
Exhaled air has more carbon dioxide and less oxygen than does inhaled air.
Why there is difference in the amount of carbon dioxide you inhale and exhale?
The amount of carbon dioxide exhaled is always greater than the amount inhaled because part of the oxygen inhaled is converted into carbon dioxide by metabolic processes of digestion, while any carbon dioxide inhaled remains unchanged in the body and is always exhaled again.
What is the differences between inhaled air and exhaled air?
Inhaled air contains a greater volume of oxygen than carbon dioxide. Exhaled air is the opposite, since after the exchange of gases in the lungs the carbon dioxide in the blood is transferred into the lungs. Exhaled air contains a greater volume of carbon dioxide than oxygen. Also, there is more water vapour in exhaled air than inhaled air.
What gasses are taken in the body?
Oxygen is inhaled and Carbon Dioxide is exhaled.
Why inhaled gases is different from exhaled gases?
Inhaled gases is oxegen and exhaled gases you CAN'T brethe in because it's carbon dioxide.
Is Hawk Oxygen or Carbon dioxide?
The hawk is bird not oxygen and the hawk inhaled oxygen and exhaled carbon dioxide.
Which air is heavier out of inhaled air and exhaled air?
Exhaled air, which has a slightly higher amount of carbon dioxide, is heavier than inhaled air.
What is the chemical name of breath exhaled?
The chemical name of exhaled breath is carbon dioxide or CO2. The chemical name of inhaled breath is oxygen, or O2.
How is the air you inhale or breathe in different then when you exhale or breathe out?
Inhaled air contains room air which contains oxygen. Exhaled air has carbon dioxide and, maybe, bad breath.
What gas shows the greatest difference in percentage between inhaled and exhaled air?
Oxygen is the gas that demonstrates the largest difference in percent between air that is inhaled, and air that is exhaled. The symbol for oxygen is O.
