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Algae and later plants used sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and oxygen. Until about the middle of the Paleozoic oxygen went into the atmosphere faster than it could be removed.
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∙ 13y agoThere was very little life on earth in early history. As life developed, it was able to release more oxygen into the air. Today, the earth is nearly 20% oxygen due to the abundance of life.
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Scientists hypothesize that oxygen begin to accumulate in earth's atmosphere after the appearance of living with the ability to?
Photosynthesize.
What gives more oxygen to the atmosphere?
Plankton gives more oxygen to the atmosphere.
Is the oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere diminishing?
No it isn't. We still have about 21% oxygen content in the atmosphere.
Is the Earth's atmosphere an element?
No. Earth's atmosphere is a mixture, mostly comprised of nitrogen and oxygen.
What is the gases in atmosphere of earth?
the atmosphere is made of carbon dioxide and other gases e.g. oxygen and carbon dioxide
Scientists hypothesize that oxygen begin to accumulate in earth's atmosphere after the appearance of living with the ability to?
Photosynthesize.
How did oxygen accumulate in the atmosphere?
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Why didn't oxygen begin to accumulate in the atmosphere until approximately 1.5 billion years after life appeared on Earth?
Oxygen was removed from the atmosphere by chemical reactions with surface rocks as quickly as it was released by life
What oxidized metal caused substantial quantities of oxygen to accumulate in Earth's atmosphere?
iron
What happens when you pass electricity through tap water?
Typically passing electricity through tap water will begin to separate the hydrogen and oxygen in H2O. Oxygen bubbles will begin to accumulate at the positive contact and hydrogen to accumulate at the negative contact.
How do you put accumulate in a sentence?
The snow will begin to accumulate once the ground freezes.
What percent of the atmosphere is oxygen'?
21% of the atmosphere is oxygen.
What is the oxygen content of the atmosphere?
The atmosphere is 79.9% oxygen.
How do human activities contribute CFC's to the atmosphere?
humans use products containing CFCs which accumulate in the atmosphere.
How does oxygen enter the atmosphere cellular respiration or photosynthesis?
Photosynthesis produces water and oxygen plus energy. It uses carbon dioxide and water to begin the process.
What is an aerobic atmosphere?
the environment which has the availability of oxygen it is called aerobic atmosphere and if the availability of oxygen is not there in atmosphere then it is anaerobic type We live in a aerobic atmosphere which has the oxygen available
Why is an increase in a gas that takes up a tiny part of the atmosphere a problem?
The problem is in what that gas does, or can do when left to accumulate in the atmosphere.
