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Because it is a waste product of the respiratory system. We inhale air. Our longs filter out the needed oxygen which is sent to the tissues of our body. In the process, the lungs get rid of waste by exhaling carbon dioxide. Every cell in your body needs energy to live. They get their energy by reacting sugar (from food) with oxygen (which we breath in). This reaction, called respiration, releases energy and the waste products water and carbon dioxide. We get rid of the water as urine and the carbon dioxide is removed from our bodies through our lungs. We breath it out to get rid of it.

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