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Does respiration decrease or increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
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∙ 11y ago
Respiration (breathing) has no effect on the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Breathing is part of the carbon cycle. We take in carbon in our food and drink and we release it again when we breathe. If we eat too much, the extra carbon is stored in our bodies, making us fatter, in much the same way as a tree stores carbon in its wood as it grows.
So breathing does not increase or decrease the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
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Does sulfur dioxide increase or decrease the temperature of the atmosphere?
sulfur dioxide decreases temperature because it is a heavy gas
How would a drastic reduction in plant life on earth affect the atmosphere?
levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide would decrease and levels of carbon dioxide would increase.
What process do organisms return carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?
respiration
What increases the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere acting as a carbon source?
Burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) and deforestation increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Respiration and other aspects of the carbon cycle do not increase the amount as a similar volume is being removed at the same time.
How does cellular respiration effect carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
It turns in into oxygen
Which increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere acting as a carbon sources?
Respiration :)
Which increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere acting as a carbon source?
Respiration :)
Does sulfur dioxide increase or decrease the temperature of the atmosphere?
sulfur dioxide decreases temperature because it is a heavy gas
What process in the transperancy release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?
Photosynethisis
What increases the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere acting as a carbon dioxide?
Burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) and deforestation increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Respiration and other aspects of the carbon cycle do not increase the amount as a similar volume is being removed at the same time.
How would a drastic reduction in plant life on earth affect the atmosphere?
levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide would decrease and levels of carbon dioxide would increase.
Which increases the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere acting as carbon dioxide?
Respiration :)
What increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere acting as a carbon source?
Burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) and deforestation increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Respiration and other aspects of the carbon cycle do not increase the amount as a similar volume is being removed at the same time.
What happens when carbon dioxide levels decrease in the atmosphere?
The atmospheric temperature will decrease
What happens to the atmosphere during cellular respiration?
oxygen is added to the atmosphere when plants take in carbon dioxide during cellular respiration
What process do organisms return carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?
respiration
How is carbon dioxide returned the atmosphere?
Cellular respiration by producers and consumers returns carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.-Cellular respiration-Volcanic eruptions-Human interference (burning of fossil fuels)
