[bkjha701]

I want to know that either plants take oxygen in and carbon dioxide out during respiration or the opposite of the above mentioned

[tickle]

Plants take carbon monoxide in and release oxygen. They are actually our household air cleaners. You got it wrong before as well.

Tick

[pramod awasthi]

Oh I think plant just show same process in respiration like as animels mean co2 out and o2 in at respiration

[Unknown008]

Plants perform respiration like any other organism. So, it uses oxygen and food to produce energy and carbon dioxide.

However, plants also photosynthesize, meaning that it will convert carbon dioxide and water win the presence of light with the help of chlorophyll to produce oxygen and food. This is how plants get their sugars.

Now, since plants grow slower, do not need as much energy as animals, is requires less sugars and therefore respire less. Hence, the net effect is that they perform more photosynthesis than respiration.

Tick, I don't know what plants do with carbon monoxide, but since carbon monoxide quite readily reacts in air to form carbon dioxide, I don't think plants use them. However, more research might be done to confirm this.

[tickle]

tick, I don't know what plants do with carbon monoxide, but since carbon monoxide quite readily reacts in air to form carbon dioxide, I don't think plants use them. However, more research might be done to confirm this.

Hi, unk, I meant to say carbon dioxide, not monoxide.

Tick

[Unknown008]

It's OK tick. :)

The post of pramod and yours seemed to be contradictory, so I preferred explaining a little further to avoid confusion. :)

[asking]

As usual, Unknown has it right. But I'll restate in case a second explanation helps.

When plants photosynthesize, they use solar energy to combine carbon dioxide from the air with water molecules to make sugar molecules, releasing oxygen as waste. The energy from sunlight is stored in the sugar.

When plants need energy, they break down sugar molecules to extract the energy they stored there, using cell respiration just like animals do. They us oxygen to break sugar into carbon dioxide and water, the same as we do.

[tickle]

hi, unk, I meant to say carbon dioxide, not monoxide.

tick

dollytanwer does not find this helpful : beacuse the answer of the question was not in deatial


It wasn't an answer, I was addressing another member