• Question: how much oxygen do we breave

    Asked by 228bdya26 to Katie on 19 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Katie Pickering

      Katie Pickering answered on 19 Nov 2014:


      On average we breathe in around 7-8 litres per minute but it is dependant upon a person’s lung capacity and how efficient they are at utilising the oxygen they take in. Fitter people have a greater lung capacity and can therefore take in more oxygen than unfit people.

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