Nitrogen makes up 72% of our atmosphere I believe. It's definitely the most abundant element. The second is Oxygen.
Only 4 elements account for 5% of the total and the top 8 elements, combined, account for 99.5 percent.
Electronegativity of the elements generally increases left to right and decreases top to bottom.
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We would find it easier to respond to this question if we knew what is meant by the 'top 20 elements'.
they aren't, they're in numerical order
Oxygen, hydrogen & Argon.In order, large percentages of Nitrogen, Oxygen followed by trace amounts of Argon are the most abundant elements in the earth's atmosphere.
Ions
Carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen and traces of iron.
Nitrogen, Oxygen and Argon
In descending order: exosphere, thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, troposphere.
Carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen and traces of iron.
The 10 most abundant elements in the universe in from greatest to least are hydrogen, helium, oxygen, neon, nitrogen, carbon, silicon, magnesium, iron, and sulfur. Refer to the related link below for a table that gives the relative abundance of the 10 most abundant elements.
The top 2 are nitrogen and oxygen.
The layer of the atmosphere that contains the ionosphere and exosphere is called the thermosphere. The exosphere is at the top and the ionosphere is at the bottom.
exosphere, ionosphere, thermosphere, mesosphere, ozonosphere, stratosphere, and troposphere.
exosphere, ionosphere, thermosphere, mesosphere, ozonosphere, stratosphere, and troposphere.
These gases are: nitrogen (78,084 %), oxygen (20,9476 %), argon (0,934 %), carbon dioxide (0,0314).