Plants use carbon dioxide, and put out oxygen, so it's like a cycle there. plants have roots to collect water from the soil around them. And they use the sun for energy.
Since there are 23 days and 24 hours in each day, you multi-ply them and get 552 hours. Since each hours is 60 minutes, 552*60 is 33120 minutes. Since one minute is 60 seconds, 60*33120 is 1,987,200 seconds. Therefore, there are 1,987,200 seconds in 23 days.