Biology
What is wrong in the statement "We breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide"?
Respiratory System
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Answer
We inhale air containing much oxygen and very little carbon dioxide and exhale air containing less of oxygen and more of carbon dioxide. Therefore, the statement “We breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide” is wrong.
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