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yes, at night they breath oxygen. Maybe they sleep during the day.
by tingletech 1y ago
yes, at night they breath oxygen. Maybe they sleep during the day.
- wongarsu 1y agoBut their cells still consume oxygen during the day, don't they? In sunshine they produce more oxygen than they consume, but the cells are still fundamentally powered by mitochondria oxidizing glucose
- bdamm 1y agoPerhaps different regions of the plant "sleep" at different times? The plant has no need for high response synchronized behavior at all.
- throwawayffffas 1y agoYou still consume oxygen when sleeping.
- SamBam 1y agoPlants respire oxygen continually, day and night. It's a myth that they only respire at night. Like every other organism except for anaerobes (mostly microbes, some fungi) they need oxygen in order to burn fuel for cellular processes. Plant cells are doing things day and night. The origin of the myth is simply that they produce more oxygen via photosynthesis than they respire, and so are net producers of oxygen during the day.
- tingletech 1y agoyes, I meant net.