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Why do whales have blood that can hold a lot of carbon dioxide?
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∙ 12y ago
well they take a huge breathe, then hang out under water for a while. Carbon dioxide is what Mammals breathe out after taking in oxygen. hence if they could not hold alot of carbon dioxide... they would probably die.
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∙ 12y ago
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When you hold your breath for half a minute the carbon dioxide concentration in the blood will?
If you hold your breath, the carbon dioxide concentration in the blood will increase. Carbon dioxide is constantly produced by the body's metabolism, and constantly exhaled. So if it is not exhaled, it will start to build up.
If you hod your breatg carbon monoxide will accumlate in your blood?
The simple answer is no. your body does not produce carbon monoxide, it produces carbon dioxide. But if you hold your breath then yes carbon dioxide will accumulate in your blood. A person can feel this as a burning sensation, if you hold your breath long enough you will just pass out and your body will breath again correcting this problem
What can affect how long a person can hold their breaths?
How long the breath is held is limited by carbon dioxide buildup in the blood.
How can human blood hold carbon dioxide without becoming fizzy like soda?
Blood doesn't become fizzy like soda because the quantity of Carbon Dioxide within blood is minimal in comparison. Fizzy drinks require a large quantity of soluble Carbon Dioxide to be forced into the beverage under high pressure just make it possible to insert that amount.
Which disease affects the alveoli to the point they cannot hold enough air causing the body difficulty with the oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange in the blood?
Emphysema.
What happens if levels of carbon dioxide or oxygen in your body change?
if the oxygen levels are too low, your muscles won't get the oxygen they need from the blood cells. if the carbon dioxide levels are too high, well, carbon dioxide is a waste product, the same thing will happen. this is why when you hold your breathe you pass out. if the muscles don't get the oxygen they need they can't move.
Identify the two major reservations of carbon dioxide on earth?
There are two major reservations of carbon dioxide on Earth.All the trees and forests hold a store of carbonAll the fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) under the ground hold a store of carbon.
How do plants cool the environment?
Plants use the process of photosynthesis to take in carbon dioxide and let out oxygen as a byproduct, so the taking in of carbon dioxide cool the environment. Carbon dioxide is a type of greenhouse gas, and it helps the earth hold in heat with more intensity. By taking in this carbon dioxide, it helps lower the temperature.
How does the renal system compensate for conditions of respiratory alkalosis?
It expels or retains carbon dioxide in the blood.
How does the an air space behind the each stoma help a leaf photosynthesis?
because when stomata open, they will take carbon dioxide in, so stoma need air space to hold carbon dioxide.
Why whales and dolphin skirt out a fountain surface?
As mammals, dolphins and whales need to breathe with their lungs like you. Their blowhole is like your nostril. Unlike you, they are able to hold their breath for a really long time. While underwater, they'd been saving up a bunch of carbon dioxide and snot and essentially "blow their nose" as they come to the surface before taking that next deep breath. The "fountain" you see is mostly the water from above the blowhole as well as some of that mucus, propelled by their exhalation of air and carbon dioxide.
Is holding farts bad for you?
yes because you hold the carbon dioxide in your system instead of getting rid of it
