When you breathe in, you take in oxygen and when you breathe out, you release carbon dioxide. Most of the air you breathe out is composed of nitrogen and oxygen with a slightly higher concentration of carbon dioxide than in the atmosphere. The oxygen you inhale is used by your cells for energy production, while the carbon dioxide is a waste product that is released back into the air.
Actually, the reason there isn't less oxygen at higher elevations. The reason it is harder to breathe is because the partial pressure of oxygen is much lower at higher elevations, preventing gas exchange of oxygen with the tissues in your body.
helps us breathe
The atmosphere contains oxygen that we need to breathe. Without the atmosphere there would be no oxygen to breathe. Also without an atmosphere there would be the vacuum of space and life cannot survive in a vacuum. Just picture living in suits like the astronauts wear.
At higher altitudes, the air pressure is lower, which means there is less oxygen available per breath. This decrease in oxygen saturation can make it harder for the body to supply enough oxygen to the muscles and organs, resulting in difficulty breathing. Additionally, the body needs time to acclimatize to the lower oxygen levels at higher altitudes.
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.
No cause in the higher atmosphere there be more likely thinner air more harder enough for it breathe and less gravitation to supress its own body.
they are spread farther apart, causing the air to get thinner, making it harder to breathe. ;P
Because the higher you go in altitude, the harder it is 2 breathe because of thin air.
As the distance from the surface increases, the concentration of oxygen in the atmosphere decreases due to lower air pressure. This decrease in oxygen availability can make it harder for living organisms to breathe at higher altitudes.
Harder to Breathe was created in 2002-07.
At sea level, the atmospheric pressure is higher, which compresses the air and allows more oxygen molecules to be present in each breath. As you go higher in the atmosphere, the air pressure decreases, reducing the density of oxygen and making it harder to breathe in enough oxygen with each breath.
Increasing altitude decreases air pressure. In other words, they are an inverse relationship -- as one goes up, the other goes down. This is why when low-altitude dwellers like along the coastlines travel to mountainous areas, they find it harder to breathe; the air is just thinner at high altitude.
Ozone at the ground level is a pollutant. It makes harder to breathe.
As altitude increases, the air pressure decreases, which means there are fewer oxygen molecules available per breath. The decreased oxygen levels make it harder for the body to efficiently take in oxygen, leading to difficulty in breathing at higher altitudes.
the air is thinner the higher up you go so it is harder to breathe. That's why there are pressurized cabins on airplanes because you wouldn't be able to breathe without the pressure keeping the air inside
At higher altitudes, the air pressure is lower, resulting in less oxygen available per breath. This makes it harder for your body to get the oxygen it needs, leading to shortness of breath as your respiratory system works harder to compensate. Over time, your body can acclimate to the lower oxygen levels at higher altitudes.