Why is gas exchange crucial to sustaining life? Select all that apply.

Gas exchange brings oxygen into the body, where cells use it to release energy from nutrients, and removes carbon dioxide, a waste product of that process. So “It rids the body of carbon dioxide” and “It provides the body with oxygen” are correct. Taking in carbon dioxide is not the purpose of gas exchange, and transporting blood is the job of the circulatory system.

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