do plants produce oxygen?

[terror]

do aquatics plants provide oxygen for fish?
i'm just wondering when do they produce this? do they produce oxygen in case there';s a brownout?

 

[L046]

Yes, during photosynthesis they take in carbon dioxide and give out oxygen. At night its the other way round.

 

[Blinky]

Plants produce oxygen as a by-product during photosynthesis. During a brownout, the lights would be out, so the plants wouldn't be actively photosynthesizing. The plants would behave the same way they do at night; they would respire, taking up oxygen and releasing CO2 just as fish (and people) do.

 

[terror]

so they'd be competition for oxygen with the fishes if there's a power outtage at night..?

 

[adamdwalker]

yes, i take it you didnt study biology at college

 

[terror]

we didn't discuss about plants and fishes

 

[adamdwalker]

you must of done photosynthesis, co2 + h2o (now everyone join in) [light energy] ----> glucose + oxygen and aerobic respiration is glucose + o2 ---> co2 + h2o + energy for the fishies and plants

 

[Darkblade48]

you must of done photosynthesis, co2 + h2o (now everyone join in) [light energy] ----> glucose + oxygen and aerobic respiration is glucose + o2 ---> co2 + h2o + energy for the fishies and plants

You forgot to balance the equation

6CO2 + 12H2O [light energy] ----> C6H12O6 + 6O2 + 6H2O (Photosynthesis)

Run it backwards and you get aerobic respiration (well, obviously you got the Krebs cycle as well, but that's another story )

 

[adamdwalker]

i put o2 and stuff beause i couldnt b bothered writing those 7 letterr words

good day

 

[terror]

wow this thread has become very technical