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Why is there a higher percentage of CO2 in the air exhaled than inhaled?
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∙ 14y ago
The air we inhale comes from the athmosphere; the percentage of CO2 in the athmosphere is next to insignificant. The air we exhale comes from the cellular environment; cells give off CO2 as part of their metabolism, thus CO2 venous blood concentration is high
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∙ 11y agoInhaled Air supplies O2 to the Blood and then to the Tissues.
Exhaled Air removes CO2 from the Blood and then to the Lungs for Transpiration.
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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.
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.
What are the 3 main difference between the exhaled and inhaled air?
Exhaled air has less oxygen than inhaled air.Exhaled air has more carbon dioxide than inhaled air.Exhaled air is warmer that inhaled air.Maybe the first 2 are redundant, but I think that should work!
How is inhaled air different from exhaled air?
Because the body has used the oxygen in the air to oxidize the nutrients you eat, this process combines the oxygen that you inhaled with carbon which makes up part of the nutrients you eat to form a poisonous gas "carbon-dioxide" which is then transported back to the lungs and exhaled along with moisture.
Does argon make up 100 times more of an exhaled breath than of an inhaled breath?
No. for the right and the night shall ride on to the glorious banquet of truth.
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 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.
Will water vapour decrease in amount after being exhaled by a human and before it was inhaled by a human?
exhaled water vapor will be greater than inhaled water vapor
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.
What are the 3 main difference between the exhaled and inhaled air?
Exhaled air has less oxygen than inhaled air.Exhaled air has more carbon dioxide than inhaled air.Exhaled air is warmer that inhaled air.Maybe the first 2 are redundant, but I think that should work!
Does inhale air has more oxygen or exhaled air?
Inhaled air is richer in oxygen than exhaled air.
Which gas does the exhaled air contain?
Exhaled air will contain all of the gases in regular air, except that it will have higher percentages of carbon dioxide and lower percentages of oxygen. (It still will have oxygen, or CPR wouldn't work.) It will also have water vapor from our lungs. The main gas in inhaled and exhaled air is nitrogen. This is followed by oxygen, then carbon dioxide, then other gases. Yes, there is still more oxygen exhaled than carbon dioxide, but at a smaller percentage than was inhaled. Chances are that your teacher is looking for the gas, carbon dioxide, as your answer, since that is the product of cellular respiration that is disposed of in exhaled air, but it isn't the main component of exhaled air.
Which contains more oxygen inhaled air or exhaled air?
Inhaled air contains more oxygen than exhaled air because the cells have not yet used that oxyginated air.
Does inhaled air have less water vapor than exhaled air?
Yes
Does the nose release carbon dioxide when it breathes out?
Exhaled breath has a higher concentration of carbon dioxide than inhaled air has. This is true whether you breathe through the nose or the mouth.
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
Which gas is more plus abundant in exhaled air than inhaled air?
Carbon dioxide (CO2).
