Carbon monoxide molecules happen to be just the right size and shape, and happen to have just the right chemical properties, to fit neatly into cavities within hemoglobin molecules in blood that are normally reserved for oxygen molecules. consequently, carbon monoxide diminishes the oxygen-carrying capacity of blood.

Reat britain justified raising taxes on colonists because of which event? british merchants being denied entry into colony ports colonists picking up arms against british soldiers and merchants american indians receiving more trading from colonists british debt from defending the colonies in the french and indian war