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Plants do produce carbon dioxide, however, the amount they produce is generally a net NEGATIVE amount.
Plants, like all carbon based life forms known to date produce carbon dioxide as they use energy for biological work. This is part of the normal functioning of cells that they require oxygen in order to do this work, during which they are consuming oxygen and sugars, bonding carbon with oxygen in the process creating carbon dioxide. If they did not do this, they could not grow, and could not repair damage.
HOWEVER, plants also take in carbon dioxide and use it combined with light energy in photosynthesis. This process separates the carbon and oxygen molecules, and the carbon is utilized in the preparation of stored energy ("food"). The oxygen molecules are released into the atmosphere.
In a healthy plant through the bulk of its life, the plant produces more oxygen and removes more carbon dioxide than it uses oxygen and produces carbon dioxide.
Exact amounts will vary based on available light, plant species, water, atmospheric condition and overall health of the plant.
In >general< the more green you see on the plant, the more of the plant involved in photosynthesis and the more oxygen it produces. however, this does not tell you how much oxygen it uses (and thus how much carbon dioxide it produces). but in general, plants (and other chlorophyll laden life forms) consume more carbon dioxide than they create.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoYes, plants emit carbon dioxide at night and when they die. Plants emit carbon dioxide and they also capture it again. Plants, along with forests and other kind of vegetation and the world's oceans, emit 97% of the global carbon dioxide emissions. But not only do they emit carbon dioxide, they also capture it. This natural process is called the Carbon Cycle.
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∙ 13y agoYes at night
. . . no, not at night. They release carbon dioixide when they die. Otherwise, they only release oxygen.
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∙ 12y agoYes they do because they need it for photosynthesis. They take in the carbon dioxide we release and give us oxygen back.
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∙ 13y agoNo, plants absorb carbon dioxide from the air.
Carbon Dioxide is one of the requirements for photosynthesis.
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∙ 13y agoyes, half the dry weight of wood is carbon, they store it as it is a major component of their cells/ timber
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∙ 10y agoPlants absorb CO2 and give out O2 through photosynthesis
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∙ 13y agoThey don't store it.
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What gasses are you emitting?
Humans emit carbon dioxide by breathing. They also emit carbon dioxide by belching and they emit methane by farting.
What do plants breath in carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide?
Carbon Dioxide is used by plants for photosynthesis
Does plants change carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide?
plants do not change carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide. they, on the other hand, convert carbon dioxide in to oxygen.
How much carbon dioxide does each light bulb emit?
None. Light bulbs do not emit carbon dioxide. The electricity used to power the light bulb may have been produced by a method which emits carbon dioxide (then again, it may not have), but the bulb itself doesn't emit anything except heat and light.
Do cut flowers emit carbon dioxide?
Once a flower is cut and starts dying it does emit CO2 as it decomposes.
How is carbon dioxide alive?
Its not. Carbon Dioxide is a gas that trees and plants ingest and we emit.
Are animals primary consumers of carbon dioxide?
Animals emit carbon dioxide. Plants consume carbon dioxide.
Do humans emit carbon dioxide?
Yes,I think we breath it out and plants get it and they give us oxegen which we breath and than emit carbon dioxide
What evidence indicates that plants can produce carbon dioxide through the cellular respiration?
When plants go through cellular respiration, they use carbon dioxide and emit oxygen as a waste product. There is no evidence that plants also produce carbon dioxide.
What gasses are you emitting?
Humans emit carbon dioxide by breathing. They also emit carbon dioxide by belching and they emit methane by farting.
Does Soils emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?
Yes, I think soil can emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
What is a plants source of carbon dioxide?
Plants and animals are both complex organisms that share in a cycle of carbon dioxide and oxygen. Animals breathe out carbon dioxide when they respirate and plants take that in through their leaves and then emit oxgen which animals inhale. And the cycle begins again.
What is the relationship between people and plants?
One relationship is plants emit oxygen which animals need to survive; animals then emit carbon dioxide which plants need to survive.
Do seeds emit carbon dioxide?
no
Is there a power station that is not going to pollute the world?
Power stations using wind, solar natural hydro flows, geothermal, tidal flows and such generally do not emit pollutants. Nuclear power plants are non-polluting during normal operation. Gas powered plants emit carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxides. G\Coal fired plants emit carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, radiation sulphur dioxide and particulates.
Do cars pollute the air or people?
Both. Cars emit Hydrocarbons + Nitrogen Oxides + Carbon Dioxide + Carbon Monoxide. People emit Methane and Carbon Dioxide.
What are some benefits of nuclear power plants?
Reduction in Air Pollution. Nuclear power can also be part of a strategy to address carbon emissions. Nuclear power plants emit no carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, or nitrous oxides.
