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Photosynthesis takes energy from sunlight, carbon from atmospheric carbon dioxide, and hydrogen and oxygen from water molecules to form carbohydrates, most commonly molecules of the sugar, used in plants largely for structural support, Glucose.
The polymer of Glucose in plants is called cellulose, and the polymer of Glucose in animals is called glycogen. They differ only in the way the Glucose monomers are bonded together.
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∙ 10y agoTrees get their carbon from the air just as humans get oxygen from the air. They release the oxygen from the carbon dioxide and store the carbon in their wood.
Carbon dioxide comes from the air or water surrounding them through the process of photosynthesis.
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Where does the stuff the tree is made of come from?
About half the body weight of a tree is carbon. The tree absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, stores the carbon, and releases the oxygen. As the tree grows, it stores more and more carbon.
If you cut down a tree do you release the carbon that is stored in it?
Cutting a tree is a physical change. To release the carbon, there has to be a chemical change. Burning or rotting will release the carbon.
Where does most of the carbon dioxide released by human activities come from?
Most of the carbon dioxide in our atmosphere comes from nature. Specifically, it comes from rotting material. A tree that is rotting in the forest produces the same amount of CO2 as a tree being burnt.
How is carbon dioxide is cycled between a tree and a fox?
The fox makes it, the plant breaks it apart.
Is that true about trees turn carbon dioxide into oxygen?
Yes. Trees take in carbon dioxide and water. Using sunlight they turn this into carbon, oxygen and sugar. They store the carbon and release the oxygen. This is called photosynthesis.
Where does the stuff the tree is made of come from?
About half the body weight of a tree is carbon. The tree absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, stores the carbon, and releases the oxygen. As the tree grows, it stores more and more carbon.
Where does most of the mass of a tree come from?
The mass is located in the trunk of the tree
Are trees made of carbon?
About half the body weight of a tree is carbon. The tree absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, stores the carbon, and releases the oxygen. As the tree grows, it stores more and more carbon.
How much carbon does a tree consume?
I read a tree can consume about 2000 pounds of carbon in a lifetime.
Where does the carbon in coal come from?
From prehistoric plants that died and turned to coal. Sometimes in underground coal mines we find a tree stump that is coal, but can still be recognized as a tree stump.
What is the source of most of the carbon in the cypress tree's trunk?
carbon
What is the source of most carbon in a cypress tree trunk?
carbon
8 A plant body such as a redwood tree is a very large mass of carbon compounds-where does all this carbon come from?
From CO2 in the atmosphere which is fixed into organic matter in photosynthesis.
If you cut down a tree do you release the carbon that is stored in it?
Cutting a tree is a physical change. To release the carbon, there has to be a chemical change. Burning or rotting will release the carbon.
How or where does a tree get oxygen to give us?
A tree absorbs carbon dioxide from the air, and, with the input of energy from sunlight, oxidizes many of the oxygen atoms of the absorbed carbon dioxide to elemental oxygen, which is released into the atmosphere. The carbon and some of the oxygen atoms from the absorbed carbon dioxide are incorporated into the structure of the tree as the tree grows.
How much co2 does a tree absorb per year?
Almost half the mass of a tree is carbon, taken from the atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide. A tree only takes in carbon when it is growing, and the amount that a tree grows in a year varies from tree to tree. Old trees are bigger and grow more than young trees in a year, usually.
Where does most of the carbon dioxide released by human activities come from?
Most of the carbon dioxide in our atmosphere comes from nature. Specifically, it comes from rotting material. A tree that is rotting in the forest produces the same amount of CO2 as a tree being burnt.
