Humans need oxygen to breathe. Plants produce oxygen. How do places (like a desert) with no plants for miles on miles have any life or oxygen?

298 views

Title says it all. Just curious as to how there is anything living if there is no plants to give off oxygen. Does other stuff give off oxygen? Is there just enough on the planet in general for it to flow everywhere?

In: 0

7 Answers

Anonymous 0 Comments

If I take a glass of water and drop some red food colouring in it, it mixes around a bit on its own. Over time, the liquids will mix together on their own a bit. Even more if I stir it a single time with a spoon.

Gasses are the same way. As other posters have said, there’s actually so much oxygen elsewhere that over time, it and other gasses will mix together. Add the wind into the equation, and it mixes that much faster, even over vast distances.

You are viewing 1 out of 7 answers, click here to view all answers.
0 views

Title says it all. Just curious as to how there is anything living if there is no plants to give off oxygen. Does other stuff give off oxygen? Is there just enough on the planet in general for it to flow everywhere?

In: 0

7 Answers

Anonymous 0 Comments

If I take a glass of water and drop some red food colouring in it, it mixes around a bit on its own. Over time, the liquids will mix together on their own a bit. Even more if I stir it a single time with a spoon.

Gasses are the same way. As other posters have said, there’s actually so much oxygen elsewhere that over time, it and other gasses will mix together. Add the wind into the equation, and it mixes that much faster, even over vast distances.

You are viewing 1 out of 7 answers, click here to view all answers.