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Atmosphere
Information on the Atmosphere
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the greenhouse effect? | The way biologic activities affects the atmosphere ability to hold heat |
| How did we release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere? | Through the burning of fossil fuels |
| What is Earth's current atmosphere made up of? | 78% nitrogen 21% oxygen 1% trace gases |
| Does Mercury have an atmosphere? | No |
| What kind of impact may also increase the amount of volcanic eruptions on Earth? | Meteor Impacts |
| Why is our solar system unique? | Our solar system is unique because it contains substantial amounts of oxygen |
| What did earliest atmosphere contain? | Hydrogen and Helium |
| How did algae make life possible? | It consumed carbon dioxide and increased the amount of oxygen |
| What does Photosynthesis reduce? | The amount of carbon dioxide |
| How is climate controlled? | Climate is controlled and changed by a number of factors such as reflectivity of the surface, the amount of types of gases in the atmosphere, amount of cloud cover, volcanic eruptions, vegetation cover and meteor impacts |