What is Carbon Dioxide (CO₂)?

 

CO₂ is a gas that plants breathe, humans and other animals exhale CO₂. All life is based on Co₂. Co₂ is the major chemical contents of most organic matter, from fossil fuel to complex molecules. Co₂ is not one of the most abundant elements in the earth's crust.

How Does CO₂ get in water?

 

CO₂ gets in the water because there are fish in the water that breathe oxygen and exhale CO₂. Also other animals like crawdads and oysters breathe oxygen too.

 

Fun Facts

In solid form CO₂ is Dry Ice. If breathe to much Dry Ice is it can paralyze you.

Soda is carbonated by compressing carbon dioxide in the liquid and capping. If you shake it, the carbon dioxide it try's to expand.

Carbon Dioxide is one chemical found in magma.