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Zork, O2 isn't incorporated into plants though

Posted by Reagen Sep 14 '12, 12:14

it's used by plants in photosynthesis but doesn't make up mass of the plant.

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Zork, B2 isn't incorporated into plants though -- nm - WSS Sep 14, 12:26 1
- actually, it is (assuming you mean O2). Oxygen is used mostly by the roots to facilitate water absorption, but there is some that is trapped in the - zork Sep 14, 12:35
the question was where does it come from not what are the exact components -- nm - zork Sep 14, 12:16
look at his first response. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 12:15 7
- air is mostly nitrogen. No part marks. -- nm - Reagen Sep 14, 12:16 6
  - you didn't ask that. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 12:17 5
    - after reading his elaboration, I stand by my position, since the point was comprehension of the process. -- nm - Reagen Sep 14, 12:19 4
      - he clearly understands the process. no fair. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 12:20 1
        
        mwah -- nm - zork Sep 14, 12:25
      - OK Spock, but I had the best answer in the thread. -- nm - zork Sep 14, 12:20 1
        
        zork: yay! Reagen: boo! -- nm - JaxSean Sep 14, 12:27
stil say magic -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 12:15 10
- as I mentioned on B2, I wonder how many people said God -- nm - zork Sep 14, 12:24 8
  - at Harvard? not a lot. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 12:26 6
    - why cause no one at harvard believes in god? -- nm - decline Sep 14, 12:28 5
      - no, but they wouldn't answer a science question like that. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 12:29 4
        
        I never underestimate this sort of thing. - zork Sep 14, 12:36 3
        
        I had some as students. they still would give a scientific explanation for that. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 12:37 2
        
        not everyone is in a science major -- nm - zork Sep 14, 12:41 1
        
        This wasn't a class for majors. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 12:42
  - I imagine water and dirt were popular answers. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 14, 12:25
- I always thoguht plants eat people and get bigger -- nm - decline Sep 14, 12:21

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