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Why Do We Need to Protect Trees

March 11, 2022December 18, 2015 by Jennifer Moon

The beauty of our planet is from the trees and their essential parts. Trees are the protectors of our lives. Had trees not be there, we would not have survived. They not only give us oxygen to breathe, but also purify the air around us. While deforestation and cutting of trees has been happening at … Read more

Why do we need oxygen

March 11, 2022June 22, 2013 by Jennifer Moon

Our survival depends on oxygen. Oxygen is one of the most vital elements, the lack of which is immediately felt by us. Not just humans but all other animals, birds, amphibians and fishes also need oxygen for their survival. The most vital function of oxygen is that it provides us with energy. The food we eat gets digested in our stomach. After digestion the food transforms into simpler substances from complex compounds. The digested food then is transported to each of our body cells. But without oxygen the food that reaches our body cell will be useless.

Why do plants need oxygen

March 11, 2022April 25, 2013 by Jennifer Moon

Since class 1, we all were told that plants are natural sources of oxygen. They produce oxygen for other living beings to survive and still they need oxygen from air for themselves.

Why do plants need air

March 11, 2022March 29, 2013 by Jennifer Moon

Just like us and other living creatures on the earth, plants also need air to survive. While we, the human beings, need air only to breathe in, the plants need it for making their food as well. During the day and night time, plants inhale oxygen for survival. They absorb oxygen through pores found on undersides of the leaves. The oxygen spreads into the live cells of plants and makes them breathe. Carbon dioxide also seeps out through these pores.