Is There Less Oxygen in the Winter Since It's Colder?
Plants make oxygen using photosynthesis, but what happens to the air when those trees drop their leaves in winter? Hosted by: Stefan Chin Head to https://scishowfinds.com/ for hand selected...
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[♪ INTRO] Back in elementary school, we all learned that trees are awesome. And not only because of climbing and tree forts, but because they make the oxygen you breathe. Your cells need oxygen to convert food into usable energy, so you’d die without it. And you probably also learned that trees and other plants make oxygen using a little chemical reaction called photosynthesis. Using light energy from the Sun, they can combine carbon dioxide and water to make sugar and oxygen, with a little leftover water. But if you take that train of thought one step further: during winter, when it gets colder and darker and those trees drop their leaves, there’s less photosynthesis. So is there less oxygen too? The answer is actually yes! But only a tiny bit less...
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[♪ INTRO] Back in elementary school, we all learned that trees are awesome. And not only because of climbing and tree forts, but because they make the oxygen you breathe. Your cells need oxygen to convert food into usable energy, so you’d die without it. And you probably also learned that trees and other plants make oxygen using a little chemical reaction called photosynthesis. Using light energy from the Sun, they can combine carbon dioxide and water to make sugar and oxygen, with a little leftover water. But if you take that train of thought one step further: during winter, when it gets colder and darker and those trees drop their leaves, there’s less photosynthesis. So is there less oxygen too? The answer is actually yes! But only a tiny bit less...
