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Carbon dioxide

Definition

noun

A chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms linked to a single carbon atom by covalent bond, and essential to many biochemical and biological processes.


Supplement

In animals, carbon dioxide is a chemical compound that accumulates in the tissues and removed from the body when an animal exhales. It is therefore a metabolic byproduct of carbohydrate metabolism.

In plants, carbon dioxide is an important reactant to produce sugars by photosynthesis.


Chemical formula: CO2

Also called: carbonic acid gas


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Re: Transpiration Please help Me

... and close to allow gas exchange for photosynthesis to occur. It lets carbon dioxide into the plant and oxygen out of the plant. Carbon dioxide and oxygen, as well as water, ...

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by daddyjames
Sun Oct 14, 2012 2:34 pm
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Transpiration Please help Me
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Re: Effect Of carbon dioxide on rate of photosynthesis

um well re-thinking my answer before I realized that at the 2% NaCO3 concentration the oxygen produced was used for respiration to produce energy to photosynthesize the rest of the carbonate ions

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by ccBiologist
Mon Oct 01, 2012 10:17 pm
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Effect Of carbon dioxide on rate of photosynthesis
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Effect Of carbon dioxide on rate of photosynthesis

I did an experiment in the lab where we punched out leaf discs, flooded the discs with baking soda via a syringe , then placed in a beaker with water and then recorded the time it took for each disc to rise after being placed in the light box. My results were great however a NaCO3 concentration of 2...

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by ccBiologist
Sat Sep 29, 2012 8:09 am
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Effect Of carbon dioxide on rate of photosynthesis
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Re: Photosynthesis/carbon fixing

... I also need to know the relationship between oxygen evolution and carbon dioxide uptake in photosynthesis.

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by johnboy
Fri May 25, 2012 4:28 pm
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Photosynthesis/carbon fixing
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O2 evolution/CO2 uptake

In photosynthesis, what is the relationship between oxygen evolution and carbon dioxide uptake?

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by johnboy
Fri May 25, 2012 10:45 am
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: O2 evolution/CO2 uptake
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