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The air that you exhale is made up of approximately 16% to 17% oxygen and about 4% to 5% carbon dioxide.

(inhaled air is about 21% oxygen and only 0.04%, a fractional trace, of carbon dioxide)

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How does concentration of inhaled and exhaled air differ?

Inhaled air contains more oxygen than carbon dioxide and other gases. Exhaled air contains mostly carbon dioxide as the inhaled oxygen was used up to create energy. Waste carbon dioxide (and other unwanted gases) is then let out of the body and the cycle continues. :)Gas exchangeGas% in inhaled air% in exhaled airOxygen2116Carbon dioxide0.044Nitrogen7979


How is carbon dioxide removed from the body?

Carbon dioxide is removed from the body through a process called respiration. When we breathe, we inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide is carried in the blood to the lungs, where it is then exhaled out of the body.


How does the body eliminate carbon dioxide from the bloodstream?

The body eliminates carbon dioxide from the bloodstream through a process called respiration. When we breathe, we inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide is carried in the blood to the lungs, where it is then exhaled out of the body.


What is the concentration of oxygen in the lungs normally compared to carbon dioxide?

The concentration of oxygen in the lungs is higher than the concentration of carbon dioxide. In the alveoli of the lungs, oxygen diffuses into the blood from the air we breathe, while carbon dioxide diffuses out of the blood into the alveoli to be exhaled. This exchange allows for the uptake of oxygen and the removal of carbon dioxide from the body.


What is the waste product of the respiratory system?

Respiration is:6 O2 + C6H12O6 -> 6 CO2 + 6 H2OSo the products are carbon dioxide and water vapour

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Which gas does the exhaled air contain?

Exhaled air will contain all of the gases in regular air, except that it will have higher percentages of carbon dioxide and lower percentages of oxygen. (It still will have oxygen, or CPR wouldn't work.) It will also have water vapor from our lungs. The main gas in inhaled and exhaled air is nitrogen. This is followed by oxygen, then carbon dioxide, then other gases. Yes, there is still more oxygen exhaled than carbon dioxide, but at a smaller percentage than was inhaled. Chances are that your teacher is looking for the gas, carbon dioxide, as your answer, since that is the product of cellular respiration that is disposed of in exhaled air, but it isn't the main component of exhaled air.


Does exhaled air contain more carbon dioxide or oxygen?

Carbon dioxide.


Is Hawk Oxygen or Carbon dioxide?

The hawk is bird not oxygen and the hawk inhaled oxygen and exhaled carbon dioxide.


Is exhaled breath compound?

Yes Carbon and oxygen Carbon dioxide


What is the chemical name of breath exhaled?

The chemical name of exhaled breath is carbon dioxide or CO2. The chemical name of inhaled breath is oxygen, or O2.


How much oxygen nitrogen carbon dioxide is there in the air you breathe out?

Oxygen---------- 4-5 % Carbon dioxide---------- 20% Nitrogen--------- 75%


What is the chemical signature for exhaled breath?

The exhaled gas contain nitrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide.


What is the chemical formula for a exhaled breath?

The exhaled gas contain nitrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide.


What is the chemical name of a exhaled breath?

The exhaled gas contain nitrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide.


How does the oxygen and carbon dioxide content of exhaled air differ from inhaled air?

Exhaled air has higher levels of carbon dioxide and lower levels of oxygen compared to inhaled air. This is because the body takes in oxygen from the air and releases carbon dioxide as a waste product during the process of respiration.


What gasses are taken in the body?

Oxygen is inhaled and Carbon Dioxide is exhaled.


Where does the oxygen go when it leaves the animal?

Oxygen is actually breathed in by animals. It is carbon dioxide which is exhaled by animals. Plants take in carbon dioxide and give off oxygen.