What is the important of
oxygen in human life?
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Answer:
Oxygen plays a critical role in respiration, the energy-producing chemistry that drives the metabolisms of most living things. We humans, along with many other creatures, need oxygen in the air we breathe to stay alive. Oxygen is generated during photosynthesis by plants and many types of microbes.
(1) Oxygen forms 21% of the atmosphere.
(2) It is also present in hydrosphere and lithosphere.
(3) Oxygen is required for the process of respiration, combustion, decomposition, corrosion, rusting, etc.
(4) Oxygen is important for the synthesis of proteins, carbohydrates and fats.
(5) It is also used in various chemical reaction.
(6) Ozone (O³) is produced from oxygen through various atmospheric processes. This ozone layer protects us from the harmful ultraviolet rays of the sun.