Destide@feddit.uk to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 months agoWe breathe plant fartsmessage-squaremessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up182arrow-down134file-text
arrow-up148arrow-down1message-squareWe breathe plant fartsDestide@feddit.uk to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 months agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNAXLAB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·11 months agoBreathing farts is a funny idea, but the product of plants’ respiration is not at all comparable to farts. It’s comparable to breath
minus-squareLukeMedia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoFairly minor correction, but photosynthesis is essentially the opposite of cellular respiration. Plants do respirate and release CO2, but their photosynthesis more than offsets their respiration.
minus-squareNAXLAB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoI see! I didn’t know respiration only referred to what animals do. I figured they were both two sides of the same coin
Breathing farts is a funny idea, but the product of plants’ respiration is not at all comparable to farts. It’s comparable to breath
Fairly minor correction, but photosynthesis is essentially the opposite of cellular respiration. Plants do respirate and release CO2, but their photosynthesis more than offsets their respiration.
I see! I didn’t know respiration only referred to what animals do. I figured they were both two sides of the same coin