What percent of the atmosphere is made up gases other than oxygen and nitrogen?

Answer 1

There is dust, pollen and spores from any number of plants, and a whole bunch of tiny solid material that has come from combustion. This includes stuff from vehicle exhausts, from incereration of all kinds of materials. (There are lots of Forrest fires and other fires that are intentionally set to clear land as well as all the fires around the world used for cooking and/or heating.) Things from the burning of coal, and from the burning of wood. A lot of other things from industrial processes (other than gases) are there as well.

Answer 2

Assuming that it is the Earth you're asking about:

(other planets have atmospheres too)

The Earth's atmosphere consists of

• Nitrogen (N2) 78.084%

• Oxygen (O2) 20.946%

• Argon (Ar) 0.934%

• Carbon dioxide (CO2) 0.0383 %

• Neon (Ne) 0.001818 %

• Helium (He) 0.000524 %

• Methane (CH4) 0.0001745 %

• Krypton (Kr) 0.000114%

• Hydrogen (H2) 0.000055 %

and a variable amount of water vapor.

MAIN ELEMENTS OF EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE

Nitrogen (N2): The earth have a 78% nitrogen ratio. Nitrogen is the most abundant element in our atmosphere. It is a vital element as many classes of compounds essential to living systems are nitrogen-containing compounds.

Oxygen (O2): The earth have a 20% oxygen ratio. Oxygen is the second most abundant element n the earth's atmosphere. It is vital for all the living things on the earth as a part of the air they breathe.

Argon (Ar) : The earth have a .9% Argon ratio. Argon is released continuously by the decay of radioactive potassium in rocks. The amounts of argon formed by radioactive decay in minerals serves as a method to determine the age of the specimen.

Carbon Dioxide (CO2): The earth have a .03% CO2 ratio. Carbon dioxide is essential for the process of photosynthesis is plants.

Others: The earth have a .03% others ratio. Other components of air are: Hydrogen, ozone, methane carbon monoxide, helium, neon, krypton, xenon and water vapor.

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Nashrima Adion Macadaag 09/16/13

Dry air (without moisture) is composed of 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen and 1% other gasses.

Chief among those other gasses are carbon dioxide and argon.

In addition air contains a variable amount of water vapor up to about 4%.
The atmosphere is made of a mixture of elements and compounds. It is made mostly of nitrogen and oxygen with smaller amounts of carbon dioxide, argon, a variable amount of water vapor, and smaller concentrations of many other gasses.

Answer 3

Earth's atmoshpere is composed of 78.08% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen, 0.93% argon, 0.038% carbon dioxide, and very small amounts of other gases. These gas levels are constantly changing with situations like global warming etc.

Answer 4

Oxygen and nitrogen account for almost 99% of the gases in the atmosphere.

Argon is about 0.9% of the atmosphere, and carbon dioxide is about 0.04%. Other gases are almost too insignifigant too worry about.

Answer 5

Gases other than nitrogen and oxygen make up approximately 1% of Earth's atmosphere. Some of these gases include carbon dioxide, argon, and water vapor.

Answer 6

Besides different gases the Earth's atmosphere is made up of water vapor. The layers of the Earth's atmosphere are called the troposphere and the stratosphere.

Answer 7

The atmosphere is made mostly of gases, nitrogen and oxygen.

Answer 8

There is nearly four times as much nitrogen in our air as there is oxygen.

Answer 9

Nitrogen78%, Oxygen 21%, co2 and others

Answer 10

helium, hydrogen, and apx 1%oxygen