Carbon monoxide (CO) is a toxic air pollutant. It is exhaled from motor vehicles as one of the exhaust gases, and also from cigarette smoke. Our blood has respiratory pigment, hemoglobin (Hb) in the erythrocytes (RBCs) and it has high affinity for oxygen. As a result, oxygen combines with hemoglobinRead more
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a toxic air pollutant. It is exhaled from motor vehicles as one of the exhaust gases, and also from cigarette smoke. Our blood has respiratory pigment, hemoglobin (Hb) in the erythrocytes (RBCs) and it has high affinity for oxygen. As a result, oxygen combines with hemoglobin in the lungs and is carried by blood to various body tissues as oxyhemoglobin (OHb). Carbon monoxide (CO), a poisonous gas, has 200 times more affinity for hemoglobin than
oxygen. When the polluted air containing large amount of CO is inhaled, the CO then combines with hemoglobin to form a stable poisonous compound called carboxyhemoglobin (COHb). This drastically reduces the availability of oxygen to the body tissues and leads to suffocation and finally death.
Hygroscopic means tendency of absorbing moisture from the air. Some water in the soil forms an extremely thin tightly held film around the soil particles. It is called hygroscopic water. In the soil, a small portion of soil water is chemically bound with soil materials. It is called combined water.Read more
Hygroscopic means tendency of absorbing moisture from the air. Some water in the soil forms an extremely thin tightly held film around the soil particles. It is called hygroscopic water. In the soil, a small portion of soil water is chemically bound with soil materials. It is called combined water. Both of these types of water in the soil are not available to plants for absorption by their roots.
Humification.lt is the process by which simplified detritus gets converted into dark coloured amorphous substance, the humus (humis : substances) in the soil. It is relatively a rapid process than mineralization' Mineralizatio. It is . release of organically bound nutrients into an inorganic form (iRead more
Humification.lt is the process by which simplified detritus gets converted into dark coloured amorphous substance, the humus (humis : substances) in the soil. It is relatively a rapid process than mineralization’ Mineralizatio. It is . release of organically bound nutrients into an inorganic form (i.e., minerals) available to plants This slow process is performed by decomposers existing in soil and feeding on humus (Odum and Barrett, 2005).
Name the process of loss of water in the form of vapour from the aerial parts of the plants.
The Process of loss of water in the form of vapour from the aerial parts of the plants is transpiration.
The Process of loss of water in the form of vapour from the aerial parts of the plants is transpiration.
See lessExplain carbon monoxide poisoning.
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a toxic air pollutant. It is exhaled from motor vehicles as one of the exhaust gases, and also from cigarette smoke. Our blood has respiratory pigment, hemoglobin (Hb) in the erythrocytes (RBCs) and it has high affinity for oxygen. As a result, oxygen combines with hemoglobinRead more
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a toxic air pollutant. It is exhaled from motor vehicles as one of the exhaust gases, and also from cigarette smoke. Our blood has respiratory pigment, hemoglobin (Hb) in the erythrocytes (RBCs) and it has high affinity for oxygen. As a result, oxygen combines with hemoglobin in the lungs and is carried by blood to various body tissues as oxyhemoglobin (OHb). Carbon monoxide (CO), a poisonous gas, has 200 times more affinity for hemoglobin than
See lessoxygen. When the polluted air containing large amount of CO is inhaled, the CO then combines with hemoglobin to form a stable poisonous compound called carboxyhemoglobin (COHb). This drastically reduces the availability of oxygen to the body tissues and leads to suffocation and finally death.
Give two main sources of carbon.
Fossil fuels, air.
Fossil fuels, air.
See lessWhat do you mean by hygroscopic water and l combined water in the soil? Are these available to plants?
Hygroscopic means tendency of absorbing moisture from the air. Some water in the soil forms an extremely thin tightly held film around the soil particles. It is called hygroscopic water. In the soil, a small portion of soil water is chemically bound with soil materials. It is called combined water.Read more
Hygroscopic means tendency of absorbing moisture from the air. Some water in the soil forms an extremely thin tightly held film around the soil particles. It is called hygroscopic water. In the soil, a small portion of soil water is chemically bound with soil materials. It is called combined water. Both of these types of water in the soil are not available to plants for absorption by their roots.
See lessDifferentiate between humification and l mineralization.
Humification.lt is the process by which simplified detritus gets converted into dark coloured amorphous substance, the humus (humis : substances) in the soil. It is relatively a rapid process than mineralization' Mineralizatio. It is . release of organically bound nutrients into an inorganic form (iRead more
Humification.lt is the process by which simplified detritus gets converted into dark coloured amorphous substance, the humus (humis : substances) in the soil. It is relatively a rapid process than mineralization’ Mineralizatio. It is . release of organically bound nutrients into an inorganic form (i.e., minerals) available to plants This slow process is performed by decomposers existing in soil and feeding on humus (Odum and Barrett, 2005).
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