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Is nitrogen a gas used by living things to turn food into energy?

No, oxygen is used to turn food or into energy


What do plants release as they turn food into energy?

oxygen


Does food only provide us with energy?

Food provides you with the fuel, you still need oxygen to turn it into energy.


How does the body turn food into energy?

food is oxidized meaning it reacts with oxygen and CO2, H2O and energy in the form ATP is produced


What does every call need in order to move reproduce and turn food into energy?

oxygen


Gas used by living things to turn food into energy?

Oxygen is the gas used by living things to turn food into energy through the process of cellular respiration. During respiration, oxygen is used to break down glucose into ATP, the energy currency of cells. This process releases carbon dioxide as a byproduct.


What does oxygen do in your body apart from breathing?

Your cells need oxygen to turn food into energy, reproduce, and basically perform all of their tasks.


Does respiration increases the level of carbon dioxide and decreases the level of oxygen?

No, respiration means 'getting energy from food using oxygen.' it actually has nothing to do with breathing. its the process in which energy is taken from the food you eat and oxygen helps to turn it into glucose.


How do plants respire. Diagram?

because of the fact that all living things need oxygen to stay alive. they use oxygen to turn food into energy. to obtain energy... you find out


Do autotrophic bacteria release oxygen into the air when using the sun's energy to produce food?

Yes, autotrophic bacteria that perform photosynthesis release oxygen into the air as a byproduct when using the sun's energy to produce food. This process is similar to how plants produce oxygen during photosynthesis.


How do plants and animals primarily use the oxygen to convert their food?

oxygen is primarily used by all living things to breakdown food to energy in a process called oxidation. We get this oxygen by respiration process. Apart from this plants use oxygen to make their food using sunlight in presence of Chlorophyll. Ad also by exhaling..


Why do plants turn sunlight CO2 and water into sugar and oxygen?

Because the Sugar is the plant's food - plants make their own food by trapping the energy in Sunlight.