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What is the atmosphere mainly made up of?
Nitrogen. Oxygen comes in second.
How is life on earth protected from the extreme conditions in space?
The earth is protected by the atmosphere which deflects some of the radiation that comes from the sun.
What are the names of the spheres that correspond to the outer edge of each layer of the atmosphere?
The layer of atmosphere closest to the earth's surface is troposphere. The next layer is stratosphere which contains the ozone layer. After that comes the mesosphere, Ionosphere n exosphere.
Why does the atmosphere be comes less dense as altitude increases?
The air at any given layer in the atmosphere is compressed by the weight of the air above it. As you go up, there is less air wieghing down from above, so the surrounding air is less compressed.
Why is the space shuttle covered in black tiles when it come back through atmosphere?
The black tiles are heat shields which help protect the shuttle from burning in the atmosphere. Shuttle comes glides down on it's belly so the shields are only covering the bottom.
Does the atmosphere come from the sun?
No it does not. Atmosphere comes from the earth itself.
When water evaporates into the atmosphere what property of the atmosphere is likely to increase?
The one that comes to mind is humidity.
What is humid weather?
humid weather is when moisture comes into the atmosphere
What substance found in sea water that comes from the atmosphere?
well sea water that comes from the atmosphere contains small concentrations of the gases in the atmosphere such as oxygen, carbondioxide, carbonmonoxide, and nitrogen. it would also contain pollutants from factories
Which part of the cyrosphere comes directly from the atmosphere?
snow
How does gravity enter your atmosphere?
It doesn't "enter" the atmosphere, it comes from the large mass of the earth which creates a gravitational pull.
Most pollution in the atmosphere comes from?
Burning fossil fuels
What is the atmosphere mainly made up of?
Nitrogen. Oxygen comes in second.
what is not in the hydrosphere?
AIR. Explanation: Air is not a part of the Hydrosphere, as it comes in Atmosphere.
Where does a large portion of the rainforest precipitation come from?
100% of it comes from the atmosphere.
How is carbon in fossil fuels eventually returned to the atmosphere?
The CO and CO2 comes from burning fossil fuels, and is released into the atmosphere in the smoke.
Where does most of the evaporation comes from?
If you are referring to water vapor in the atmosphere, most comes from the largest water source on the planet, the oceans.
