Plants and Photosynthesis

Plants breathe with their leaves . Leaves have holes called stomata . Stomata take in carbon dioxide from the air. Plants breathe out oxygen. People and animals breathe in oxygen. We need plants to live.

In the picture you see CO2 and O2. CO2 means "carbon dioxide." O2 means "oxygen."

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Plants breathe with their leaves . Leaves have holes called stomata . Stomata take in carbon dioxide from the air. Plants breathe out oxygen. People and animals breathe in oxygen. We need plants to live.

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Las plantas respiran con las hojas. Las hojas tienen agujeros que se llaman "stomata." La stomata toman "carbon dioxide" del aire. Las plantas exhalan oxígeno. Necesitamos las plantas para vivir.

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