Why would a plant absorb oxygen?

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Why would a plant absorb oxygen?

I thought plants absorbed carbon dioxide and not oxygen?

2007-03-06 13:59:48 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany

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. For the majority of plants to grow successfully they also require oxygen in the atmosphere (for respiration in the dark) and oxygen around their roots

2007-03-06 14:07:49 · answer #1 · answered by Dennis G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Both. A plant used CO2 to make complex sugars to store energy, but they need oxygen for the same reason that you do -- to convert that sugar into energy.

2007-03-06 14:08:06 · answer #2 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋

Cause it is afire?

2007-03-06 14:07:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋