Oxygen na-abụkarị ngwaahịa nke? N'iburu ajụjụ nke mbụ n'uche, dee ihe gbara ya gburugburu bụ́ nke ga-enye azịza ya. Ọ nwere ike ịbụ 1 - 20 ahịrịokwu. Ihe ndị gbara ya gburugburu:
Singlet oxygen bụ aha e nyere ọtụtụ ụdị ike dị elu nke mkpụrụ ndụ O2 nke a na-ejikọta electron niile. Ọ na-emeghachi omume n'ụzọ dị ukwuu n'ebe ụmụ irighiri ihe ndị dị n'ahụ́ dị karịa ikuku oxygen n'onwe ya. N'okike, a na-esikarị na mmiri emepụta oxygen singlet n'oge photosynthesis, na-eji ike nke ìhè anyanwụ eme ihe. A na-emekwa ya na troposphere site na photolysis nke ozone site na ìhè nke obere wavelength, na site na usoro ahụ ji alụso ọrịa ọgụ dị ka isi iyi nke oxygen na-arụ ọrụ. Carotenoids dị na photosynthetic organisms (ma eleghị anya dịkwa na ụmụ anụmanụ) na-arụ ọrụ dị mkpa n'ime ka ike si na oxygen singlet wee gbanwee ya na steeti na-enweghị mkpali tupu ọ nwee ike imerụ anụ ahụ.