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Great question! Not as we do, with lungs. which is an active process, but they do breathe by a passive process. Both plants and animals carry on a process called respiration which occurs on a cellular level and involves an exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide. Plants mostly do this in their leaves, which in some ways are similar to our skin (which, incidentally, is the largest organ in our bodies).
The process by which all respiration takes place is called diffusion - plants 'breathe' through their leaves - the really cool thing is that they 'exhale' - ready? oxygen...which is why we want trees - because they breathe by 'inhaling' carbon dioxide and 'exhaling' oxygen for us to use in our bodies to do our own respiration.BTW - Animals breathe differently than plants. We do it in two places, in our lungs - as most people are aware - and also in our body tissues. Our lungs take in oxygen (that came from the plants respiration) and we put it in our blood, and at the same time release the carbon dioxide from the blood and put it into the atmosphere so the plants can use it. In addition, we also have a second type of breathing that occurs in all our bodies called tissue respiration. In our tissues, we take the oxygen from the blood and put it in the tissues, and at the same time take the carbon dioxide from the tissues and put it in the blood to be taken to the lungs.
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when you breathe out, plants breathe in.
yes the plants do breathe
Plants breathe Co2 and we breathe Oxygen.
Humans breathe out carbon dioxide, the whole world runs in a motion, for example plants breathe carbon dioxide, we breathe in oxygen. Even fish breathe oxygen. They take the oxygen out of the water. So we breathe in what plants breathe out and plants breathe in what we breathe out.
plants breathe in through their stomata which is on their leaves.
Why do people breathe ? Plants need oxygen too .
Plants "breathe" constantly. Not just daily.
Plants provide living things with oxygen.When the plants breathe in the carbon dioxide that we breathe out they breathe out oxygen which we breathe in, in order to stay alive and that's what plants do for living things.
One reason is cuz u need it to breathe its photosythesis. We breathe out carbon dioxide plants breathe that in and breathe out oxygen which we breathe in. Without plants we would die.
its what you breathe and what plants breathe out while they breathe that out they breathe in carbon diOxide and we breathe it out.
Humans breathe out CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) and plants breathe this in and produce 02 (Oxygen) which we in turn breathe back in again.
It helps plants breathe and the plants let of oxygen that helps us breathe.
animals role in the ecosystem is to produce carbon dioxide(C02) and then the plants breathe the co2 in and produce oxygen that we breathe oxygen=animals breathe in co2 =plants breathe in co2 =animals breathe out oxygen = plants breathe out
Plants breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen; animals breathe in oxygen & breathe out carbon dioxide.
Well plants breathe in Carbon Dioxide and breathe out Oxygen. We breathe in the oxygen and breathe out Carbon Dioxide. So its like a cycle.
well you need animals to have plants cause plants breathe and so do animals. animals breathe what plant exhale and we breathe what plants exhale.
Nope, they all breathe in Carbon Dyoxide. Plants play an important role in our lives as they breathe in the Carbon Dioxide we breathe out and use it to breathe out Oxygen.
they breathe out there waste product which is oxygen
Plants breathe through stomata.
Plants breathe in Carbon Dioxide
No it can't. Just like we breathe in oxygen, plants,"breathe" in Co2. When plants"breathe" out they release oxygen into the air. So we need the plants and the plants need us.
They do breathe in hydrogen.So therefore they do breathe but you just cant see them.
plants 'breathe' in carbon dioxide and 'breathe' out oxygen
Plants only breathe carbon dioxide, and turn it into oxygen. ; )
We breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide. Plants take in this carbon dioxide and release oxygen, which we use after that.
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