Plants, unlike most living things, produce their own food through a process called photosynthesis. Photosynthesis means 'making using light'. Plants use the energy from the sunlight to make food. The food matter comes from carbon dioxide...

Fizzy soft drinks like Pepsi, Coke, and other sodas are popular worldwide, seemingly made of water, sugar, carbon dioxide, and flavor. Their inclusion of caffeine, a stimulant typically associated with morning coffee, sets them apart....

Cellular respiration is the process through which the cell generates energy, in the form of ATP, using food and oxygen. The is a multistep biochemical process where food, primarily the carbohydrate glucose, is broken down to produce...

Out of all the gases in our farts, hydrogen, and methane are the flammable ones. This means they can be set on fire. Even though you produce flammable gases, it isnt enough to create a flamethrower. Humans can fart anywhere between...

One of the most important factors when it comes to mixing any gas with a liquid is solubility, and carbon dioxide is highly soluble in water. In fact, it's the most soluble of the common, non-toxic gases with high solubility. To give you...

For decades we’ve been planting trees in hopes of reducing carbon pollution. But when it comes to carbon sequestration, have we actually been getting it all backward? We travel to the Pacific Northwest forests of Oregon to see what we...

An important digestive enzyme which breaks down starch into sugar.
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Breathing faster or deeper than necessary. It can happen voluntarily, or as a result of panic or excitement, or due to a medical condition.
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Any gas in the atmosphere that absorbs and re-emits radiation in the infra-red range, so warming the atmosphere and planet's surface.
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The chemical breakdown of a compound into simpler substances when heated.
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The organelles within plant cells where photosynthesis takes place, harnessing energy from sunlight to make sugars.
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A small icy body in the Solar System, with a solid nucleus of rock, dust, ice, and frozen gases such as carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and ammonia.
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The chemical reaction that takes place in all living cells to release energy from glucose.
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A layer of gas surrounding a planet or star, held in place by gravity.
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A green pigment found in all plants and algae, that enables energy from sunlight to be converted to chemical energy through the process of photosynthesis.
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Rain that is unusually acidic, with a pH less than 5.
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A salt or other compound containing a carbonate ion CO₃^2-.
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Discover the Earth's atmosphere: what it is and what it is made of?
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Amazing facts about digestive organs. Find out what they are, how they work, and how some animals' are different.
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A chemical reaction caused by the absorption of light.
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An organism that can make its own food, being able to produce complex organic compounds, such as proteins and carbohydrates.
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Or primordial soup, refers to the medium in which the first life on Earth may have originated.
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The process that plants use to convert energy from the Sun into chemical energy.
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The process by which microorganisms can convert carbohydrates into other products.
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