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What is the use of solubility of oxygen and carbon dioxide in water?

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Oxygen $(O_{2})$ dissolved in water is used by aquatic animals for respiration and survival.

Carbon dioxide $(C O_{2})$ dissolved in water is used by aquatic plants, algae etc. to prepare their food by photosynthesis

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