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How does an oxygen molecule travel through your body and come out as carbon dioxide?
Oxygen passes through the alveoli in the lungs into the blood stream. Some will dissolve in the blood, but not enough to support "life". Thus, hemoglobin exists in the red blood cells which bind the oxygen to improve the oxygen carrying capacity of the blood.
It then passes from the lungs back to the heart through the Left Atrium and Left Ventricle and into the arteries for distribution to the body.
The smallest blood vessels are called capillaries which are barely large enough for red blood cells to pass. In the capillaries, the oxygen is released from the Red Blood cells and absorbed by the neighboring cells.
Enzymes in the cells catalyze reactions between the oxygen and "fuels", for example glucose (C6H12O6) to create the basic energy molecule of cells, ATP. This reaction requires 6 molecules of oxygen (O2) and forms 6 molecules of carbon dioxide (CO2), and 6 molecules of water (H2O). The water, is pumped into the blood, and is either exhaled, or excreted through urine.
Some of the carbon dioxide will bind to the hemoglobin in the red blood cells. There is also an enzyme that will catalyze the binding of the carbon dioxide to water to form carbonic acid (H2C03) to aid in dissolving into the blood.
The Blood with CO2 then passes from the capillaries into the veins, and into the right atrium and right ventricle of the heart, and back into the lungs to be exchanged with oxygen for another cycle.
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What elements are found in carbon dioxide?
What elemets are in CO2? The two main elements of CO2 are: 1. Oxygen 2. Carbon
Is carbon dioxide a particle?
A carbon atom is made up of six neutrons and six electrons.
Write a procedure for distinguishing between oxygen gas and carbon dioxide gas?
If carbon dioxide and oxygen are bubbled through lime water separately the lime water through which carbon dioxide has been bubbled turns milky while the lime water through which oxygen is bubbled remains unaffected.
What is the difference between a molecule of oxygen and a molecule of methane?
Most oxygen is found as a diatomic molecule. (Yes, there is some ozone, but not much down here. And it's unstable, spontaneously reverting to O2 in a few minutes.) There are two atoms of oxygen in an oxygen molecule. Methane is a carbon atom bonded to four hydrogen atoms. O2 and CH4 are the oxygen and methane molecules.
Which gas do animals remove from the air?
The gas that is taken in by animals is oxygen. Animals absorb oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. Plants take in carbon dioxide and let out oxygen.
Does Carbon take electrons from oxygen in carbon dioxide?
In a carbon dioxide molecule, carbon does not take electrons from oxygen. Instead, carbon shares electrons with oxygen through covalent bonds, forming a stable molecule.
How many atoms of oxygen and carbon does a molecule or carbon dioxide have?
Carbon Dioxide, or CO2, has one Carbon molecule and two Oxygen molecules.
What three elements form carbon dioxide?
Carbon, oxygen, and another oxygen atom make up carbon dioxide.
Is carbon dioxide molecule made of one carbon atom and one oxygen atom?
No. One carbon dioxide molecule is made up of one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms.
What two chemicals do you mix together to get carbon dioxide?
Caron dioxide is a chemical compound of the elements carbon and oxygen. Carbon dioxide is made from one carbon molecule and two oxygen molecules and is commonly written as CO2.
Is carbon dioxide CO2 a molecule and is oxygen a molecule too?
They are both made out of molecules: Carbon dioxide = CO2-molecules, Oxygen = O2-molecules.
What is a compound with two oxygen atmosphere molecule?
Carbon Dioxide (two oxygen molecules and one carbon molecule)
Is Carbon dioxide O2?
No, carbon dioxide is not the same as oxygen (O2). Carbon dioxide is a molecule composed of one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms (CO2). Oxygen, on the other hand, exists as O2, where two oxygen atoms are bonded together.
Can a molecule of oxygen have a atom of carbon in it?
Not in it, but bonded to it. In this case, you have carbon monoxide. Add another oxygen molecule and you have carbon dioxide. No, a molecule of Oygen would have the formula O2, and it contains two atoms of Oygen. If Carbon was also present then it would not be a molecule of Oxygen. It would be either Carbon monoxide (CO) or Carbon dioxide (CO2).
How is carbon dioxide denser than oxygen?
Carbon dioxide is denser than oxygen because it has a larger molecular weight per molecule. Each molecule of carbon dioxide (CO2) consists of one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms, making it heavier than each molecule of oxygen (O2), which consists of only two oxygen atoms. This difference in molecular weight causes carbon dioxide to be denser than oxygen.
How many elements make up one molecule of carbon dioxide?
A carbon dioxide molecule has one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms. The carbon means 1 carbon. The Di-oxide means 2 oxygen. Di (as in dos which is 2 in spanish) means 2. Oxide means oxygen.
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.
