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All oxygen transportation chemicals in animals employ a metal ion in the centre of a globin group. In higher animals it is Iron (the heme of hemaglobin), in the horseshoe crab it is Copper, which is why they have blue blood. In certain hemi-cordates it is zinc which gives them purple blood.
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Can animals produce oxygen?
No. Animals do not give plants oxygen. Plants release oxygen as a byproduct of the photosynthesis process by which they take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen. Animals and humans give plants carbon dioxide.
What gas is needed by animals to breathe in?
Animals need AIR to breath in - AIR is made up of about 80% Nitrogen and 20% Oxygen. The animals use the Oxygen in the AIR.NOTE if an animal were to breath 100% Oxygen this would eventually kill it, Pure Oxygen is toxic.They need to breath AIR.
How do animals get rid of oxygen?
Animals do not get rid of oxygen- they consume it. They get rid of carbon dioxide by exhaling it from their lungs (or gills).
What do animals not compete for?
Oxygen
How do plants and animals help each other in exchange of gases in atmosphere?
During the process of photosynthesis release oxygen and animals (we) inhale oxygen and release carbondioxide. This is how plants and animals depend on each other by symbiosys. Hope that helps...
What material enables animal hemoglobin to carry oxygen?
I believe the answer my friend is iron
Which gas is both harmful and beneficial?
Oxygen is a gas all animals need to live, but too much can kill, and the presence of oxygen enables combustion (fire).
Do animals and plants transport material?
Yes. For example, plants and animals transport nutrients throughout their bodies, as well as carbon dioxide and oxygen.
What is in the blood cells that enables them to carry oxygen?
Hemoglobin is the protein in red blood cells that enables them to carry oxygen. Iron is an important component of hemoglobin.
What features of the cat enables it to obtain oxygen?
Its lungs...
What enables red blood cells to carry oxygen?
Hemoglobin.
How does oxygen use by animals?
Animals breathe in oxygen in the air.
What enables us to live on earth?
Oxygen, trees, food, water.
How does the number of chambers in a vertebrate's heart affect the circulation of blood?
A four chambered heart completely separates the supply of blood with oxygen from the blood without oxygen. The separation enables more oxygen to reach body tissues. This separation is an adaption that supports the higher level of energy use required by land animals. Water animals usually don't have more than three heart chambers.
Is the fate of the carbon dioxide the same in plants and animals?
No, in plants carbon dioxide is a raw material, or reactant, for photosynthesis. Plants take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen. For animals, is is just a waste product.
What do alveoli have that enables them to absorb a large amount of oxygen?
A large surface area
What is oxygen scavenger?
A material which absorb oxygen; for example zirconium is a scavenger for oxygen.
