Science Assessment

I agree that the solid wood of a tree comes mostly from a gas in the air…

1. because the molecules that make up the solid wood of trees are made from glucose, and the carbon atoms in glucose come from carbon dioxide molecules in the air.
2. because the molecules that make up the solid wood of trees are made from glucose, and the oxygen atoms in glucose come from oxygen molecules in the air.
3. because trees grow by trapping gas inside the cells that make up the solid wood of the tree, which causes the wood to expand.

I disagree that the solid wood of a tree comes mostly from a gas in the air…

4. because a gas could never be massive enough to account for the mass of the solid wood of trees.
5. because trees make their own food, which means that new atoms are made inside the trees so that they do not need to take in anything from the air.
6. because non-living substances, such as the gasses that make up the air, cannot be transformed into parts of living things.