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Does Mars have too much carbon dioxide for humans to live on it?
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Mars has too LITTLE OXYGEN for humans to live on. Earth's atmosphere has about 21% Oxygen at 1 atmosphere of pressure, but you can live on higher percentages of oxygen at lower pressures such as in NASA spacesuits. While Carbon Dioxide is toxic to humans at high concentrations, you would likely suffocate to death from lack of oxygen first on Mars.
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"The atmosphere on Mars consists of 95% carbon dioxide, 3% nitrogen, and 1.6% argon, and contains traces of oxygen, water, and methane..."
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What would happen to a leaf without carbon dioxide?
Just like human live on oxygen, plants live on carbon dioxide. In absence of carbon-dioxide they will die because they will be unable to create chlorophyll.
How many pounds of carbon dioxide is remove form the atmosphere annually when a tree is removed?
When a tree is removed, it can no longer remove any carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Do trees help us by absorbing carbon dioxide?
Yes, they absorb the carbon dioxide. They make sugars for their own food and release free nitrogen back into the soil. It is part of the carbon cycle. So therefore, they intake some of the carbon so that we have the perfect amount to live.
How does the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere affect life?
Carbon absorbs reactant chemicals. In some cases of poisonings eating a bunch of charcoal is a temporary measure in containing the poison before the stomach can be pumped. Otherwise pure carbon is pretty nonreactive.
Was carbon dioxide present in earth's early atmosphere?
Yes, carbon dioxide is present at varying concentrations at all levels of the atmosphere. Most of it is in the troposphere, the lowest level. It comprises about 0.04% of atmospheric gases, but this is a dynamic amount as it is constantly being removed and replaced by the processes of the carbon cycle.
Can you live on mars with just the carbon dioxide?
yes
Where do humans get the carbon dioxide you need to live?
You don't need carbon dioxide to live...I think you're thinking of oxygen.
Why can't live on Mars?
Humans cannot permanently live Mars with current technology because the atmosphere of Mars is very thin, and it is made up of mostly carbon dioxide. Also, Mars can have nice 70-degree days, but many times it is below freezing.
Can we live in Mars?
No, we currently cannot. Humans cannot permanently live on Mars with current technology because the atmosphere of Mars is very thin, and it is made up of mostly carbon dioxide. Also, Mars can have nice 70-degree days, but many times it is below freezing.
Can monkeys live on Mars?
No, Mars is a barren planet with no liquid water, no plants, and the atmosphere is almost all carbon dioxide.
How are you going to get to Mars?
Mars atmosheric pressure is roughly the same as the peak of Mt. Everest, Can you live in Mars temps in the winter can reach -65F and people climb Everest and people live in Alaska, however Mars atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide which is poison to humans, and Mars lacks a magnetic field so it is constantly being bombarded by solar radiation but no i don't think we can get there or live there
Do humans exchange gases with trees?
yes trees need carbon dioxide to live and give oxegen then we breath the oxegen and turn it into carbon dioxide
Why would it be impossible for people to live on Mars?
no it would not be impossible to live on mars.but it would be very hard. the carbon dioxide is SUPER poisoning.
How do you produce oxygen and remove carbon dioxide from a biosphere on Mars?
Mars' atmosphere contains mainly carbon dioxide, which means that in order for the oxygen/carbon dioxide cycle to occur, Mars has to go through the same procedures that Earth went through. A simple organism must be formed that can undergo photosynthesis, converting carbon dioxide into oxygen. Once it has enough oxygen, a new organism will probably form that are able to breathe oxygen. The key point is to have many photosynthetic organisms in order to convert enough carbon dioxide into oxygen.
What gas do humans need to breathe in order to live?
Oxygen we inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide
if other live forms existed, how would they breathe and what air would they need to survive?
I think they would breathe with carbon dioxide and would live on mars.
Do people live on Mars?
No, no one lives on mars. It is too cold to live on and Mars does not have enough oxygen. You would die.
