Why Do We Need Oxygen To Survive?

Everyone breathes, but why is oxygen important? Whether the topic is popcorn or particle physics, you can count on the HowStuffWorks team to explore - and explain - the everyday science in the world around us on BrainStuff. Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://science.howstuffworks.com/oxygen-info.htm Share on Facebook: http://goo.gl/pmwXso Share on Twitter: http://goo.gl/yoOepG Subscribe: http://goo.gl/ZYI7Gt Visit our site: http://www.brainstuffshow.com SOURCES: http://health.howstuffworks.com/human-body/systems/respiratory/lung.htm http://science.howstuffworks.com/question386.htm THE BODY. By: Lawton, Graham, Provine, Robert R., Williams, Caroline, Brown, Julia, Roach, Mary, O'Callaghan, Tiffany, Hooper, Rowan, Coghlan, Andy, New Scientist, 02624079, 3/16/2013, Vol. 217, Issue 2908 AIR, NECESSARY TO LIFE. By: Fabre, Jean-Henri, Attias, Michaël, Chicago Review, 00093696, Spring2005, Vol. 51, Issue ½ THE MOST ESSENTIAL NUTRIENT: ARE YOU GETTING ENOUGH?. (2007). New Life Journal: Carolina Edition, 8(6), 8-9.