Question

Differentiate between Oxygen and Carbon dioxide

Answer 1

Answer:

Oxygen and carbon dioxide are gaseous components in air of the atmosphere.

Explanation: oxgen; is a chemical elemet with symbol o, a highly reactiive non metal after hydrogen and helium oxygen is the third most abudant element in the universe by mass

carbon dioxide;Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound composed of one carbon and two oxygen atoms. It is often referred to by its formula CO2. It is present in the Earth's atmosphere at a low concentration and acts as a greenhouse gas.

Answer 2

Oxygen is a single specie gas (O2) , on the other hand carbon dioxide exist as a gas formed by two elements (CO2).

Oxygen is a necessity for combustion reaction Where as carbon dioxide is a byproduct of combustion reaction.

Oxygen is needed by animals or heterotrophs survival where as carbon dioxide is needed for survival by plants are autotrophs

Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas whereas oxygen is not

Oxygen is the second most abundant (20.71% or 21%) non-metal in the earth atmosphere where as carbon dioxide exist as a minority(0.33%).