just wanted to see if there is way to help ourselves!
2007-02-09 03:02:50 · 6 answers · asked by nic3cova 1 in Environment
Anything the uses sun light and water to perform photosynthesis will absorb carbon dioxide. This includes trees and all other plants such as vines, shrubs, weeds, ferns, and so on. Also as mentioned algae are included as well as diatoms and plankton and so on. However, when a plant absorbs the carbon dioxide as a gas since matter in neither created nor destroyed is can only change from one form to another, what happens is the carbon dioxide is changed from gas form to a solid form of carbon in the plants leaves, roots, stems, or whatever. Then when the plant dies the carbon now in solid form is attacked by bacteria that decompose the plant or other photosynthetic organism, and it is released back into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide all over again. It is part of the carbon cycle.
2007-02-10 17:13:41 · answer #1 · answered by Professor Armitage 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oceanic diatoms (microscopic plant life) create about 2/3 of the oxygen you are currently breathing.
2007-02-09 11:10:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
algae of course.
Most of the CO2 of the world is absorbed by algae in the ocean and not by trees as most people believe.
2007-02-09 11:09:22 · answer #3 · answered by Voice of Insanity 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Every green plant including algae.
2007-02-09 11:12:22 · answer #4 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Ocean... in large quantities.
2007-02-09 11:08:24 · answer #5 · answered by HiketheWild09 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All plants.
2007-02-09 11:10:26 · answer #6 · answered by Christine 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋