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If you woke up tomorrow and all the plants on earth were gone what would happen to the amount of carbon dioxide in the air.?

we would all die because of all the carbon dioxide in the air and no plants and trees to take in the carbon dioxide to make oxygen


Is the earth's composition of the atmosphere changing?

The composition of the atmosphere is changing today as it has been changing since the earth began to cool and atmosphere formed, just as the climate has gone through periods of heating and cooling. There have been multiple "ice ages", and multiple thawings. Ocean levels have gone up and down. Carbon dioxide has been absorbed by plants and buried for centuries, and carbon dioxide levels have gone back up following volcanic eruptions.Lately, (in the last hundred years) the levels of carbon dioxide has gone up. Scientists believe that pollution from human activity is changing the atmosphere.Burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) in industry, transport and the generation of electricity, which releases carbon dioxide (CO2).Bad agricultural practices emit methane (CH4), a powerful greenhouse gas.Deforestation has removed the trees that used to take carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.


If you could break up a carbon dioxide molecule would you still have carbon dioxide?

No, breaking up a carbon dioxide molecule into its constituent atoms (carbon and oxygen) would result in separate carbon and oxygen atoms. The molecular structure and properties of carbon dioxide would no longer exist.


What gases make up carbon dioxide?

One atom of carbon and two atoms of oxygen equal CO2 (carbon dioxide).


Is carbon dioxide made up of three elements?

no,carbon dioxide is made up of oxygen and carbon


Does carbon dioxide have copper in it?

yes it does the carbon dioxide is supposed to be heated up copper carbonate


Does the circulatory system take up carbon dioxide or oxygen?

The circulatory system takes up oxygen, and releases carbon dioxide.


Is there more nitrogen or carbon dioxide in earth's atmosphere?

There is much more nitrogen in earth's atmosphere than carbon dioxide. Nitrogen forms about 79%, while carbon dioxide makes up about 0.04%.


What compound is made up of carbon and oxygen?

carbon monoxide carbon dioxide


When trees die do they release stored up carbon dioxide?

Well, trees don't really store carbon dioxide; they use the carbon dioxide directly to produce sugars during the Calvin cycle. When decomposers eat up those sugars, they release the carbon in the sugars in the form of carbon dioxide.


If you could break up carbon dioxide molecule would you still have carbon dioxide?

No, breaking up a carbon dioxide molecule would result in the formation of separate carbon and oxygen atoms or molecules, depending on the method used. Breaking the bonds of the carbon dioxide molecule would disrupt its structure and composition, resulting in different chemical species than the original carbon dioxide molecule.


If you woke up tomorrow and all of the animals on earth were gone what would happen to the amount of oxygen in the air?

if all the animals were gone there would be no carbon dioxide for plants and trees to take in and no oxygen would be produced.