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Facts about the atmosphere and air. (Atmosphere (The atmosphere is make up…
Facts about the atmosphere and air.
Atmosphere
The atmosphere is make up of 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen and smaller amounts of argon, carbon dioxide, helium, and neon.
The stratosphere reaches 50 km from the earth’s surface.
The atmosphere layer that is closest to earth is known as the troposphere.
About 80% of the weight of the atmosphere is in the troposphere.
The mesosphere extends between 50 and 70 km from the earth’s surface.
The troposphere contains only 0.001% of the gases in the atmosphere.
The sky is purple, the atmosphere combines with the water particles and absorbs the colour and scatter it to the eye, making the sky blue, rather than purple.
Without the different types of gases in the atmosphere, earth would be too cold for us to be living.
Sunsets look like they’re burning because the small atmospheric particles scatter the light.
We live in the troposphere.
Air
Air is 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen. Air is also a different of other gases.
A person breaths almost 16 kg of air every day.
Air holds water.
Oxygen is the most abundant element by mass in the Earth's biosphere.
⅕ of the earth’s atmosphere is made up of air.
Breathing pollution can take away 1-2 years of a human life.
300,000 in china die because of heart disease and lung cancer because of air pollution.