Assertion: carbon dioxide | /r/HasProperty | essential
Facets:
value: to life
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: for the survival of animals
type: PURPOSE
value: to most of the planetary biosphere
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: for plant and phytoplankton growth
type: PURPOSE
value: for hemoglobin function
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Carbon dioxide is essential to life because animals release it during cellular respiration when they breathe and plants use it for photosynthesis.
text: Carbon dioxide is essential for hemoglobin function.
text: To be sure, carbon dioxide is essential to life as we know it, and climate change skeptics have used the argument to reject efforts to reduce greenhouse gases.
text: Carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere is essential to life and to most of the planetary biosphere.
text: On the other hand, carbon dioxide is essential for plant and phytoplankton growth.
text: Carbon dioxide is essential to the survival of plants and animals.
text: Carbon dioxide is essential for the survival of animals.