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What is carbon dioxide?

What is carbon dioxide? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (inorganic chemistry) The normal oxide of carbon, CO2; a colorless, odorless gas formed during respiration and combustion and consumed by plants during photosynthesis.
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The study found that, as temperatures increase, plants absorb less carbon dioxide while microorganisms in the soil release more and more of it.
Solvents permitted in the UK for extraction include acetone, hexane, ethyl acetate, ethyl alcohol, and carbon dioxide.
Additionally, carbon dioxide and organic acids may be added to the water from the soil, where they form by decay of organic matter.
Ethanol was then replaced with amyl acetate in preparation for critical point drying with liquid carbon dioxide.
The gases, especially carbon dioxide and methane, absorb the Earth's heat radiation and thus warm the surface, just as a blanket traps body heat.
Let your students measure the amount of carbon dioxide they produce through cellular respiration dependent on their bodies' energy.

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