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Carbon dioxide is heavier then air how can it be a greenhouse gas?
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∙ 14y ago
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) does not form a lower layer because it mixes easily with the other gases in the atmosphere, even though it is heavier than air.
You may be getting the gases confused though. All carbon dioxide, except aircraft exhaust and bird expiration is formed in the lower atmosphere. Carbon dioxide normally stays in the lower atmosphere also. If not, the gas would build up fairly quickly. Billions of tons of carbon dioxide are removed very year by the oceans and our planet life when it comes in contact with them. If we did not have this contact, they would be unable to remove the carbon dioxide from the air. Ozone on the other hand is formed high in the atmosphere when sunlight hits oxygen. This gas is found mainly at higher altitudes.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoEven though Carbon - di - oxide is heavier than oxygen and nitrogen, there is only about 0 . 038 percentage of it while there is almost 21 percentage of oxygen and 78 percentage of nitrogen. Hence, as the concentration of nitrogen and oxygen is more than CO2 in the atmosphere, CO2 forms a higher layer than oxygen and nitrogen
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∙ 14y agoGases mix when in contact, they do not separate. If they did the atmosphere of the Earth would be in layers - carbon dioxide, argon, oxygen, nitrogen - as the gas specific gravity decreases.
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Does carbon Dioxide rise or fall indoors?
It goes up in the winter when the plants and trees in the northern hemisphere stop growing (and so stop removing carbon dioxide from the air). When spring arrives vegetation starts to grow again and the levels reduce slightly.
Do greenhouse gases warm the air near earth's surface by trapping carbon dioxide?
No, greenhouse gases warm the air near the earth's surface by trapping heat from the warm earth that would otherwise escape into space.
What does the increase of carbon dioxide in the air mean?
It means that there is more carbon dioxide (unbreathable air) gets in to are air
Is carbon dioxide air pollution why?
Carbon dioxide is not an air pollutant. However excessive carbon dioxide release into the atmosphere is a pollutant as it contributes to acid rain
Does respiration add carbon dioxide to the air?
Yes, respiration does add carbon dioxide to the air
Is carbon dioxide more dense then air?
Carbon dioxide is approximately 50 percent heavier than air
Is carbondioxide heavier than air?
Yes. Slightly. **********2nd Opinion*********** Carbon dioxide has a higher density than air. Air density is about 1.3 g/L CO2 density is about 2 g/L
Which air is heavier out of inhaled air and exhaled air?
Exhaled air, which has a slightly higher amount of carbon dioxide, is heavier than inhaled air.
Why does'nt a balloon with carbon dioxide float and a balloon with helium does?
Because, carbon dioxide is heavier than air whereas helium is lighter than air.
Do Oxygen and carbon dioxide contribute to air pollution?
No. Excessive release of carbon dioxide can contribute to acid rain, and it is believed to be a greenhouse gas, causing raised air temperatures.
Greenhouse gases are obviously lighter than air How then are they measured by weight How does one weigh something that is lighter than air?
Greenhouse gasses are NOT "obviously lighter than air"; carbon dioxide is significantly heavier than air.One way to weigh something that's lighter than air is to weigh it in a vacuum.
How does photosynthesis help minimise the enhanced greenhouse effect?
¨During the photosynthesis process the plant takes in some carbon dioxide from the air and uses it during the rest of the process. When the plant inhales the carbon dioxide it means that there is less of it in the air. This means that there is less carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and the enhanced greenhouse effect is reduced.
How does something heavier than air stay off the ground?
lift
Where to place carbon dioxide detecter high or low?
Carbon MONOXIDE is lighter than air, and will rise. Place the detector high. Carbon DIOXIDE is heavier than air, and will sink. Place detector low.
What is bad about natural gas?
When natural gas is burned, carbon dioxide is released into the air as a product of the combustion, and the air already has an excess amount of carbon dioxide, which is a greenhouse gas, which contributes to global warming.
What gases were added to air through burning fuels?
greenhouse gasses like carbon dioxide(co2)
How could trucks cause pollution in the air?
They emit horrific greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide & methane that pollute the air.
