AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colourless and odourless poisonous gas. Besides smoke from tobacco, known sources of exposure to CO include exhaust fumes from cars, gas stoves, wood stoves and heaters. CO is also formed by natural processes and is released into the environment or into the (human) body.

Detailed explanation-2: -Carbon Monoxide is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, highly toxic gas that is undetectable to the human senses. It is a by-product of combustion, present whenever fuel is burned from kerosene, charcoal, diesel fuel, wood, gasoline, natural or liquefied petroleum (LP) gas, coal, propane, oil, methane, and tobacco smoke.

Detailed explanation-3: -Carbon Monoxide, (Symbolized as CO), is a clear, colorless, and poisonous gas that is produced by the combustion of carbon or organic fuels in a limited oxygen supply. Carbon Monoxide, CO, is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, and poisonous gas produced by the incomplete burning of solid, liquid, and gaseous fuels.

Detailed explanation-4: -Carbon monoxide (CO) is one of the more toxic agents present in the gas phase of tobacco smoke. It is a colourless, odourless, tasteless and non-irritating gas formed when tobacco is not burned completely.

Detailed explanation-5: -Carbon Monoxide – A colorless, odorless, poisonous gas produced when tobacco burns.