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Q: If you smoke your destroy the functioning of the air sacs in the lungs when you breathe and you will still draw the same amount of oxygen but your body will not be able to use it why not?
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Do you breathe out as much oxygen as you breathe in?

Yes the same amount will leave you as you take in on average but when you breathe out there will be more CO2 and less oxygen as your body uses Oxygen for it's metabolic functioning and releases CO2 in it's place. So yes same amount out as in but in a different form.


What is the functioning of the respiratory system?

To let you breathe...the exchange of carbon dioxide (waste) for oxygen (not waste).


When exercsing how much oxygen do you breathe out?

The same amount you wil just breathe in more often


What gas do we breathe small amounts of it out?

We breathe out the nitrogen and the oxygen in the air - though the amount of oxygen that goes out is less than the amount that goes in, since part of it is absorbed by our lungs.We also breathe out carbon dioxide, which is a result of our metabolism.


Do you breathe in or breathe out oxygen?

Humans breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide. Trees "breathe" out oxygen.


What is the average amount of oxygen we breathe in?

About 20%% of the air we breath is oxygen. The PaO2 (oxygen breathed in mmhg) is approximately 100 mmhg.


Why is it harder to breathe he higher you go?

Because - the higher up the atmosphere you go - the less oxygen is in the air you breathe. Our bodies need a certain percentage of the air we breathe to be Oxygen - reduce the amount of oxygen in each breath, and it soon affects the body.


What is the process of water and oxygen combination?

A certain amount of oxygen dissolves in water (thus enabling fish to breathe).


Why do you breathe faster after running hard and after playing hard?

Breathing is when your body is getting oxygen to your cells. When you are physically active your cells use the oxygen faster so you have to breathe faster to get the same amount of oxygen to your cells


Do humans breathe out only carbon dioxide or carbon dioxide with a little amount of oxygen?

we breath out a little oxygen aswell


Why is it impossible to commit suicide by holding your breathe?

Yes it's impossible to because after you Pass out from lack of oxygen you start to breathe normally again because your brain is functioning properly again and then you wake up


Do you breathe in oxygen?

Yes you do. See we breathe in oxygen and we breathe out carbon dioxide. Plants are the opposite. They breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen. We give them carbon dioxide and they give us oxygen!! That's how we breathe!!!!!!!