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Basically, because you do not exhale, metabolic waste products (such as CO2) remain in the blood.

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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.


What happens to the partial pressure of carbon dioxide during breath holding?

The partial pressure of carbon dioxide increases as a function of time, depending on how long you hold your breathe. Initially, this will cause some discomfort and lead to a mild headache or muscle fatigue if you are not breathing properly during strenuous exercise. However, with proper training (like that undertaken by swimmers), you can hold your breath longer while pushing your body to perform optimally.


Are high levels of carbon dioxide bad?

well, you don't breath carbon dioxide, you breath oxygen


Is a decrease or increase in CO2 in the blood the chemical stimulus that causes the cessation of breath holding?

You can not die of holding the breath. As you hold the breath, carbon bi oxide get accumulated in your blood. It is very powerful stimulant of the breathing.


How are plants different than humans?

the Photosynthesi does not allow the ability of a plant cell to prouduce solar energy in carbon dioxide


Do lions breath in carbon dioxide?

As there is a low level of carbon dioxide in the air that animals (and people) breath, yes every breath taken in breaths in some carbon dioxide.But as carbon dioxide in the blood is transferred to the air in the lungs, increasing the level of carbon dioxide in that air, when they breath out both the carbon dioxide breathed in and the additional carbon dioxide from the blood are breathed out. Thus in balance more carbon dioxide is breathed out than is breathed in.


Is the carbon dioxide you breath same with the carbon dioxide in soft drinks?

Yes it is.


Do trees help the earth?

they breath out oxygen for the humans and breath in carbon dioxide which helps the earth have less carbon dioxide


Held your breath what would the concentration of air in your lungs do?

If you hold your breath, the concentration of oxygen in your lungs will decrease as your body uses up the available oxygen. At the same time, the concentration of carbon dioxide will increase as it accumulates from your body's metabolic processes. This imbalance triggers the urge to breathe and is essential for maintaining proper gas exchange in the body.


How much carbon dioxide is in our breath?

On average, exhaled breath contains about 4% carbon dioxide. This amounts to roughly 40,000 parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide.


What is a gas that we breath out?

Carbon dioxide


What happens with your breath when you breath out?

carbon dioxide is released into the air.