Can the earth ever run out of oxygen?

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Answer 1

no...atoms cannot be created or destroyed. oxygen atoms will always stay.

Answer 2

So long as there is sufficient plantation, we will be OK!

Answer 3

When their becomes more people than plants then yes we can run out of oxygen.  could we live on a planet that is over populated and has little in the way of plant growth?

No we cannot and we are poluteing what plants we do have.

Answer 4

nah

trees and plants produce oxygen

Answer 5

if you cut trees and there is no more paper yeah

Answer 6

oxygen will always stay but it will mix with other molecules.. for instance carbon+ oxygen= co2.

Answer 7

Not unless someone cuts down all the trees.

Answer 8

As long as there's sufficient vegetation, we'll be okay.

Oh, and also... at everyone saying if we cut down all of the trees there will be no oxygen, we get the vast majority of our oxygen from algae.

Answer 9

not as long as we still have trees and plants we cant

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Answer 10

Yes it is possible, if the Earth were to be hit by a large enough Asteroid, the impact could cause a very large flash explosion, is this were big enough theoretically it could burn all of the Earth`s oxygen.

Also were the Sun to explode the affect of that would not on extinguish all life on the  Earth the resultant flash would burn the Oxygen i a couple of seconds and turn the oceans in to steam

Answer 11

If the humans killed of all the vegetation, the animal world would die off........ but the vegetation would then return, because of seeds in the ground...

Answer 12

yes, if everyone on earth inhales at exactly the same time all the oxygen in the world will be sucked into everyones lungs... just kidding!