Question

What is gas exchange?

Answer 1

Gas exchange is the process of absorbing inhaled atmospheric oxygen molecules into the bloodstream and offloading carbon dioxide from the bloodstream into the atmosphere. This process is completed in the lungs through the diffusion of gases from areas of high concentration to areas of low concentration.

Answer 2

Gas exchange is the physical process by which gases move passively by diffusion across a surface. For example, this surface might be the air/water interface of a water body, the surface of a gas