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Carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide are absorbed by plants. A plant separates the oxygen from the carbon, uses the carbon for growth material and releases the oxygen into the atmosphere.

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Plants take in water and carbon dioxide and use the energy of sunlight to turn them into sugar and oxygen in a process called photosynthesis.

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