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Atmosphere 7
Question | Answer |
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What did the earliest atmosphere contain? | Hydrogen and Helium |
After the moon what did the atmosphere contain? | Carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and water vapor. |
What reduces the amount of carbon dioxide? | Plants and oceans |
Plants and oceans are considered? | A carbon sink |
What is readily absorbed by oceans? | Carbon dioxide |
What are oxygen sinks? | Oxidation of metals and animals |
What do oxygen sinks do? | Reduce the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere. |
What controls climate? | reflectivity of the surface, the amount and types of gases in the atmosphere, amount of cloud cover, volcanic eruptions, vegetation cover and meteor impacts. |
What reflects better than land and ocean water? | ice and snow |
What absorbs more heat than non-vegetated areas? | Vegetation |