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They do not. All green plants make oxygen. Something else growing in there is using up oxygen.

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The ultimate source of all energy in a terrestrial ecosystem is?

most plants use the same amount of oxygen they produce. if animals use oxygen but do not produce, why haven't we run out of oxygen


What would happen in an ecosystem if there were more organisms that produce carbon dioxide than organisms that produce oxygen?

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All animals and plants. Plants use oxygen as well as carbon dioxide.


What living things use oxygen?

Humans and animals use oxygen to breathe. Plants exhale oxygen.


What do plants supply for us?

In a ecosystem, plants provide energy that is passed along the food chain, and oxygen through the process of photosynthesis.


How do plants use Oxygen?

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Why do most plants and animals need oxygen to survive?

Although plants to use oxygen, they emit unneeded oxygen into the atmosphere. This helps to replenish oxygen supplies for other organisms.


Do animals and plants have blood to carry oxygen?

Well animals do but plants don't. Plants don't actually really use oxygen- they give it out. They use the sunlight and Carbon Dioxide in photosynthesis and the by-product (what they give out) of this is Oxygen.


Does the decay of plants create a major source of oxygen?

No, bacteria or insects that eat plants use oxygen and the dead plants, which contain carbon, release carbon not oxygen.