Carbon dioxide: Difference between revisions

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Carbon dioxide (chemical formula: CO₂) is a chemical substance that occupies about 96 % of Mars's atmosphere.

The metabolism of human beings, animals and various microbes depends on the oxidation of carbohydrates, resulting in carbon dioxide exhalation.

Plants use the carbon from CO₂, and release the oxygen back to the atmosphere.

Carbon dioxide can be used to produce

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	[[Plants]] use the [[carbon]] from CO<sub>2</sub>, and release the [[oxygen]] back to the [[atmosphere]].		[[:Category:Plants\|Plants]] use the [[carbon]] from CO<sub>2</sub>, and release the [[oxygen]] back to the [[atmosphere]].

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