Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 7ScienceForests: Our Lifeline2 Marks
Question
Explain why there would be the chances of increase in carbon dioxide with the decrease in number of forests?
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Answer
The forest plays an important role in maintaining the balance between oxygen and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. As we know plants for their food nutrition requirement make use of process of photosynthesis, in which they consume Carbon Dioxide, released by the living organism from the environment. As a result of photosynthesis, plants release oxygen which is again consumed by living beings for respiration and this cycle goes on.
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