Related Essays

  • The Pros And Cons Of Earth's Atmosphere

    The Earth’s atmosphere consists of a variety of gases. Nitrogen is the most abundant and makes up 78% of the overall volume. Additionally the atmosphere comp...

  • The Four Spheres Of Earth

    1, Shows the four sphere. (http://www.flatheadwatershed.org/natural_history/natcycles.shtml) Atmosphere: it is the air that surrounds us. The earth’s atmo...

  • Cause And Negative Effects Of The Earth's Atmosphere

    Earth’s Atmosphere By Ikotun Oluwatoke Environmental science 2000 Student number: 7733112 Introduction Human activities has caused increase of da...

  • Evolutionary Synthesis Essay

    Earth, Venus and Mars were subject to differing evolutionary processes in regards to their atmospheres. The current atmospheric composition of each of these ...

  • The Runaway Greenhouse Atmospheres

    Earth's early atmosphere. Science, [online] 259(5097), pp.920-926. Available at: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/259/5097/920.short [Accessed 22 Jan. 2015]...

  • Importance Of Environment

    This thick layer around the earth is called the atmosphere. It is the part full of gases. It absorbs sun rays, cosmic rays and man-made gases etc., and plays...

  • Pathological Technology

    Earth’s air contains a delicate balance of physical properties

  • How Do The Different Sphere's Work Together To Create The Earth System

    Another important sphere is the atmosphere. The atmosphere is the blanket of gases surrounding the Earth. It is made up of three gases including nitrogen (78...

  • Earth Vs Mars Essay

    Introduction While Earth and Mars share similarities, these two planets possess distinct differences. The objective of this article will be to elaborate upo...

  • Shuffle
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Alphabetize
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Front First
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Both Sides
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Read
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
Reading...
Front

Card Range To Study

through

image

Play button

image

Play button

image

Progress

1/5

Click to flip

Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;

Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;

H to show hint;

A reads text to speech;

5 Cards in this Set

  • Front
  • Back
What is the name given to the envelope of gases surrounding our planet?
The atmosphere
The discovery of oxygen is credited to what two men?
Scheele and Priestley
Who discovered nitrogen?
Daniel Rutherford
What percentage of the atmosphere is oxygen? nitrogen?
Approximately 21% is oxygen, and about 78% is nitrogen.
What are the names of the two layers of the atmosphere, based upon composition?
The homosphere and the heterosphere.