If you're talking about eukaryotic cells then it's the cell wall. If it's a prokaryotic cell sometimes the slime layer secreted by some bacteria may harden and form a capsule around the bacterial cell.
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Carbon dioxide goes through plants, which they turn into oxygen. Humans and animals take in the oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide. Then it repeats.