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On a per-acre basis, young, fast growing plants produce more oxygen (and consume more carbon dioxide) than older, slow-growing plants.

Why aren't we planting more of them? Because the same people who insist that global warming is a problem, consider agriculture to be one of the biggest environmental polluters out there.

A:Young, fast growing plants produce more oxygen than older, slow-growing plants of the same size, but also produce more carbon dioxide when they die, giving no nett gain in atmospheric oxygen. We do no plant in order to increase atmospheric oxygen levels simply because the present oxygen level is very sufficient and because plants would make no difference anyway.
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Where does the most oxygen come from?

The majority of the Earth's oxygen comes from phytoplankton and terrestrial plants through the process of photosynthesis. Phytoplankton in the oceans are estimated to produce about 50-85% of the world's oxygen.


How did the oxygen in your atmosphere get there?

The way the oxygen got into our atmosphere is when the green plants do photosynthesis. Green plants take in carbon dioxide, sunlight, and water to make glucose and of course oxygen. After a while, the plants did enough photosynthesis that the earth got an atmosphere .


Green plants make their own food in a process called?

photosynthesis. During photosynthesis, plants use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to produce glucose (sugar) and oxygen. This process is essential for the plant's survival and provides oxygen for other living organisms.


Which kingdom provides most of the earth's oxygen?

i do not know if you mean a specie or place. but i do know that plants provides the earth with oxygen. if you are looking for a place, then look at a place with the most plants. if you are looking for a specie, plants, provide the earth withoxygen (plants breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen)


How do green vegetation help to increase the quantity of oxygen in the atmosphere?

Green vegetation plays a critical role in producing oxygen through the process of photosynthesis. During photosynthesis, plants take in carbon dioxide and water and convert them into oxygen and glucose with the help of sunlight. As a result, green vegetation helps to increase the quantity of oxygen in the atmosphere by releasing it as a byproduct of this process.

Related Questions

Which plants produce food and oxygen?

All green plants produce food ande oxygen


Do green plants take in oxygen?

Yes, photosynthesis in plants releases Oxygen.


Why are green plants important to oxygen?

Plants produce oxygen as a by-product of photosynthesis. Therefore, we, as animals who need oxygen to breathe, must have green plants in our ecosystem in order to survive.


How oxygen is produce by green plants?

Green plants produce oxygen through the process of photosynthesis. During this process, plants absorb carbon dioxide from the air and water from the soil, using sunlight as an energy source to convert these substances into glucose (sugar) and oxygen. The oxygen produced is then released into the atmosphere as a byproduct.


What Australian plants produce oxygen?

All green plants produce oxygen through the process of photosynthesis. In Australia, native plants such as eucalyptus trees, grass trees, kangaroo paw, and wattles are some examples of plants that produce oxygen.


Why are algae important?

No, they produce Co2 which is used for plants to breathe then the plants produce oxygen. This is wrong. Green algae produce 70 to 80% of the oxygen on earth. We would not exist without them.


How would cause green plants to produce more oxygen?

This production of oxygen is the result of photosynthesis.


What did the green plants produce?

Green plants produce oxygen as a waste product. When plants store energy in the form of food, they use up carbon dioxide. This process is known as Photosynthesis.


How does plants purduce food?

Green plants are the only plants that produce oxygen and make food, which iscalled photosynthesis


Which gas do plants produce?

Oxygen, we pretty much breathe and exhale the complete opposite gases that plants do. Most green plants take in carbon dioxide and produce oxygen.


What do trees and green plants produce that are vital for animals to live?

one of them is oxygen.


What kind of plants produce oxygen for us?

THE GREEN ONES because they have chlorophyl in them.