When you breath in oxygen, that oxygen undergoes a process called cellular respiration in order to provide energy for your cells. I won't go into detail with the entire process, but basically a sugar (C6H12O6) combined with oxygen (6O2) to create carbon dioxide (6CO2) and water (6H2O). Since the carbon dioxide is a waste product, we release it when we exhale. If you're wondering what happens to it, plants use it to undergo a process called photosynthesis, which is basically the oppisite of cellular respiration; needing carbon dioxide and water while producing a sugar and oxygen, and they then give the oxygen off as a wast product. That's all hope this helped!
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The carbon dioxide you exhale comes from the food you eat. When you digest food, your body breaks it down into carbon dioxide and other byproducts that are released when you breathe out.
When you exhale, you release carbon dioxide, which is a waste product of cellular respiration in your body. Inhaling oxygen is used by your cells to produce energy, and carbon dioxide is a byproduct that is then expelled when you breathe out.
Oxygen is taken in during inhalation when you breathe. During exhalation, carbon dioxide is expelled from your lungs.
Carbon dioxide and water vapor are two things that you exhale when breathing.
The carbon dioxide we exhale comes from the food we eat. When we metabolize carbohydrates, fats, and proteins for energy, carbon dioxide is produced as a byproduct. This carbon dioxide is then released into our bloodstream and eventually expelled from our lungs when we breathe out.
Yes, that's correct. When we inhale, we take in oxygen from the air, which is then utilized by our cells in a process called cellular respiration to produce energy. As a byproduct of this process, we exhale carbon dioxide.