Plants are the main source of breathable oxygen for all animals that depend on it. During photosynthesis plants absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen. 99.5% of all oxygen is located in the crust and mantle of the earth. .36% of the earth’s oxygen is in the atmosphere which is the oxygen we breathe. Although oxygen is the most abundant element on the planet we can only use a small portion of it. The chemical formula in photosynthesis is 6CO2 + 6H2O + energy → C6H12O6 + 6O2. The chemical formula in chemical weathering for oxidized iron rocks is 4FeO + O2 → 2Fe2O3. These are the most important chemical formulas having to do with oxygen. Humans along with every other animal completely depend on oxygen to make possible chemical reactions in their body's. The worst thing humans can do is to destroy forests which they are doing. Without any plants or forests the oxygen cycle will cease to occur killing all humans.