About 1% (one percent).
This 1% contains the noble(inert) gases, water vapour, carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide, methane, ozone and ammonia.
Of this 1% about one part in 3 billion is CO2. Its percentage value in the atmosphere is very, very low.
Over 99 percent of the atmosphere in pure dry air is composed of nitrogen and oxygen, with nitrogen making up about 78 percent and oxygen around 21 percent. The remaining 1 percent is made up of trace gases such as argon, carbon dioxide, and neon.
These gases are nitrogen, oxygen and argon.
The two most common elements in Earth's atmosphere are nitrogen, making up about 78%, and oxygen, making up about 21%.
We know that nitrogen (at about 78%) and oxygen(at about 20 %) are the most abundant gases in the atmosphere. By inspection, it's obvious that there is only a couple of percent for all the other gases combined.
No, the Nitrogen in the air has probably always been there (because nitrogen is rather inert), but originally Earths atmosphere was reducing (it had no free Oxygen) and probably contained large amounts of CO2 and hydrocarbons. The present atmosphere on Earth is the product of biological processes which have slowly introduced free Oxygen into the Oceans and then the atmosphere - life made Earth habitable for life!
The earths atmosphere is made up of 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen
Nitrogen and oxygen make up 99% of Earth's atmosphere.
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Earth's atmosphere is mostly made up of nitrogen, which makes up 79 percent. The atmosphere contains 20 percent oxygen and 1 percent other gases.
The most prominent gases are nitrogen (78 percent), oxygen (21 percent) and argon (nine-tenths of a percent).
Nitrogen (N2) is the most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere having percent volume of 78.8 compare to Oxygen 20.95 %, which falls on the second place after Nitrogen.
The earths atmosphere is made up of 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen
Earth's atmosphere is mostly made up of nitrogen, which makes up 79 percent. The atmosphere contains 20 percent oxygen and 1 percent other gases.
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Nitrogen and oxygen,
mostly nitrogen with 21% oxygen
Assorted gases such as argon, the rest of the atmosphere is pretty much just Oxygen and Nitrogen.