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What amount of water on earth is available for consumption?
The volume of salt water in the oceans composes over 97% of the earth's water. Of the remaining 3% which is fresh water, 75% is more or less permanently stored in the ice caps and 25% is stored benath the surface of the land. Only a small amount of this ground water can be withdrawn in signifcant amounts. One third of 1% of fresh water is in lakes and rivers.
Why are large amounts of peat needed to form small amounts of anthracite?
The peat has to be compressed.
Why do LED lamps is as hot as incandescent?
Incandescent bulbs generate light through resistive heating of a tungsten filament, to such a point that the filament glows and provides light. This resistive heating produces large amounts of waste heat and a relatively small amount of power translated into light. In an LED, there is relatively little waste heat, as photons (packets of light) are directly generated. Although it is much more efficient of a light emitter than an incandescent light, there is some small amount of heat generated.
What causes movement of the lithosphere plates?
The earths plates will move around and now and again hit each other this will cause the earthquake the plate tectonics will collide and slide past each other causing the earth to shake known as the earthquake
What event was resposible for supplying early earth with water?
Early Earth was primarily supplied with water through a combination of processes, with the most significant being the impacts of icy comets and water-rich asteroids. These celestial bodies collided with the planet during its formative years, delivering vast amounts of water vapor and ice. Additionally, volcanic outgassing released water vapor from the Earth's mantle, which later condensed to form oceans. Together, these processes contributed to the establishment of Earth's hydrosphere.
Earths troposphere hydrosphere and lithosphere contain relatively large amounts of which element?
Troposphere: nitrogen Lithosphere and hydrosphere: oxygen
Is radium located in the atmosphere hydrosphere or lithosphere?
Radium is a highly radioactive alkali earth metal, and it can be found in trace amounts in some water sources and in some soil or rock samples. That means this stuff isn't found in the atmosphere. (It may be in some dust, but not likely.) But it will be found in some places in the lithosphere (the ground or the earth) or the hydrosphere (the water). Radium is associated with the radioactive decay of uranium, so where traces or deposits of uranium ore are found, this stuff will be around. A link to the Wikipedia article on radium is provided.
What can be said about percentage of elements found in significant amounts in earth's biosphere lithosphere hydrosphere and atmosphere compared to the total number of elements listed on The periodic t?
The Earth's biosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere primarily consist of a limited number of elements, with about 30 to 40 elements being significant for life and geological processes. Key elements like carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur play crucial roles in biological systems, while elements like silicon, iron, and aluminum are prominent in the lithosphere. In contrast, the periodic table contains over 100 elements, meaning that only a small fraction are essential or abundant in these Earth's systems, highlighting the selective nature of elemental abundance and utility in sustaining life and geological activity.
Why is ozone harmful in troposphere?
There is normally no life that breathes in the stratosphere. In the troposphere, both plants and animals suffer when significant amounts of ozone are present.
Does troposphere has air and water vapor?
Yes, the troposphere is the lowest layer of the Earth's atmosphere and contains air as well as varying amounts of water vapor. Water vapor plays a key role in the formation of weather patterns and cloud formation within the troposphere.
What can be said about the percentage of elements found in significant amounts in Earth's biospherelithospherehydrospher and atmosphere compare to the total number of elements listed on the periodic t?
A relatively small percentage of elements are found in significant amounts in Earth's biosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere compared to the total number of elements listed on the periodic table. This is because only a subset of elements are abundant and play critical roles in Earth's systems, with elements like oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and calcium being among the most prevalent. The remaining elements are typically present in trace amounts or are not as important in the composition of these spheres.
In which layer of the earth's atmosphere is most water vapor located?
The Troposphere
What is the atmospheric layer containing measurable amounts of water?
The atmospheric layer containing water is troposphere. It contains water vapor.
Which gases make up the earth's troposphere?
The Earth's troposphere is composed mainly of nitrogen (about 78%) and oxygen (about 21%). Other gases present in smaller amounts include argon, carbon dioxide, water vapor, and trace amounts of other gases like methane and ozone.
Is the hydrosphere a source of the Chemical resource man uses?
Yes it is. The hydrosphere(mostly ocean water) is made up of H2O and other chemicals such as NaCl(salt), and smaller amounts of Mg, S, Ca, and other elements as ions. (Magnesium, Sulfur, Calcium etc.)
Elements that are required in relatively large amounts by microorganisms are called?
Macronutrients
What contain's C H and O but have relatively small amounts of oxygen?
Glycerol
