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Earth's early atmosphere Consisted of carbon dioxide, water vapor,
hydrogen, and nitrogen.


How did Earth's early atmosphere Outgassing from volcanic eruptions.
likely form?




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Major greenhouse gases in Earth's In addition to carbon dioxide, two other major
atmosphere greenhouse gases are water vapor and
methane.


Contributors to global warming Increases in carbon dioxide and methane are
major contributors based on their ability to
absorb infrared radiation.


Percentage of Earth's atmosphere Approximately 21%.
composed of oxygen


Ozone layer location Located 17km - 35 km above Earth's surface in
the stratosphere.

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Air pressure change with Air pressure decreases as you go higher in the
elevation atmosphere.


Temperature in the troposphere The temperature in the troposphere decreases
as you increase in altitude.


Temperature variance in The thermosphere has the greatest
atmospheric layers temperature variance of all the layers.


Oxygen accumulation in Earth's Began approximately 2.2 billion years ago due
atmosphere to photosynthetic life forms evolving in the
ocean.


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