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2007-04-14 16:53:47 · 9 answers · asked by .Rex. 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound composed of one carbon and two oxygen atoms. It is often referred to by its formula CO2. It is present in the Earth's atmosphere at a low concentration of approximately 0.04% and is an important greenhouse gas. In its solid state, it is called dry ice. It is a major component of the carbon cycle.
Natural sources of atmospheric carbon dioxide include volcanic outgassing, the combustion of organic matter, and the respiration processes of living aerobic organisms; man-made sources of carbon dioxide come mainly from the burning of fossil fuels for heating, power generation and transport. It is also produced by various microorganisms from fermentation and cellular respiration. Plants convert carbon dioxide to carbohydrates during a process called photosynthesis. They produce the energy needed for this reaction through the photolysis of water. The resulting gas, oxygen, is released into the atmosphere by plants, which is subsequently used for respiration by heterotrophic organisms, forming a cycle.
2007-04-14 16:56:40 · answer #1 · answered by El Diablo 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Carbon Monoxide is far more deadly as a chemical as it binds irreversibly with the Haemaglobin in your blood so you cannot transport Oxygen whereas Carbon Dioxide is just not oxygen and so if there is too much CO2 there will be no oxygen to breath. (It also can cause unbalence in some of the bodies chemical mechanisms but I don't think it's that big of a deal)
2016-05-20 02:16:45 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound composed of one carbon and two oxygen atoms. It is often referred to by its formula CO2. It is present in the Earth's atmosphere at a low concentration of approximately 0.04% and is an important greenhouse gas. In its solid state, it is called dry ice. It is a major component of the carbon cycle.
2007-04-14 16:59:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms. Is that what you're looking for.
2007-04-14 16:57:21 · answer #4 · answered by Oprah's Minge 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
>It is a gas..CO2. One atom of carbon and 2 atoms of Oxygen.<
2007-04-14 16:57:37 · answer #5 · answered by Druid 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms
2007-04-14 16:57:05 · answer #6 · answered by hogie0101 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
combination of carbon and oxygen
2007-04-14 20:48:42 · answer #7 · answered by Jeniv the Brit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
CO2 is the result of C + O2 ----> CO2 , and If U inhale the outcomes is CO2
2007-04-14 18:06:29 · answer #8 · answered by sastro 5 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's what you blow out when you breath.
2007-04-14 16:56:58 · answer #9 · answered by Aunt Bee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋