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Is it correct to say that you breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide?
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∙ 12y ago
It is probably more accurate to say that you breath in air, a mixture of gases which contains about 21% oxygen and 0,04% CO2, and you breath out a mixture of gasses which contains a far greater concentration of carbon dioxide than you inhaled (about 5% of the mass of all the exhaled gas).
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What system is responsible for taking in oxygen from the air and releasing carbon dioxide?
we breathe in oxygen and we release carbon dioxide
How does the percentage of carbon dioxide and oxygen stay roughly the same in your atmosphere?
It is because plants take in carbon dioxide and breathe out Oxygen whereas, man and animals breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide. This cycle of life maintaines a roughly same percentage of O2 and CO2 in the atmosphere.
What is it called when you breathe in to get oxygen and breathee out to release carbon dioxide?
When you breathe in you inhale and when you breathe out you exhale
What is carbon dioxide hydrogen and oxygen used for in leaves?
food making and plants breathe carbon dioxide
Does photosynthesis release carbon dioxide and oxygen?
Yes it does because the carbon dioxide we breathe out the plants take in
Where do lugs get oxygen and release carbon dioxide to?
when you breathe in, you breathe in oxygen and when you breathe out, its carbon dioxide
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!!!!!!!
What do plants use that consumers breathe out?
We breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide. Plants take in this carbon dioxide and release oxygen, which we use after that.
Where you get oxygen?
trees breathe out oxygen we breathe out carbon dioxide and trees breathe in carbon dioxide SAVE THE RAINFORESTS OR WE'LL DIE!!
Does penguins breathe in carbon dioxide and lets out oxygen?
Penguins breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide. They have this in common with all animals.
What do humans breathe out and plants breathe in?
They breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen. That's how they help us. It's called photosynthesis, requiring the use of the sun and CO2. It produces sugar, energy, and O2.
Do you breathe in or breathe out oxygen?
Humans breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide. Trees "breathe" out oxygen.
Which gas do plants give you?
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.
What makes plants unique from animals in the food chain?
Plants breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen; animals breathe in oxygen & breathe out carbon dioxide.
Do birds breathe oxygen or carbon dioxide?
birds breathe oxygen.
What is carbon dioxide carried to the lungs as?
oxygen. You breathe out carbon dioxide and you breathe in oxygen it is all oxygen in you body its hoe it comes out
What is the source of oxygen released by plants?
plants inhale carbon dioxide and breath out oxygen. Its the opposite of what humans do, we breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide.
