Which gas makes up 78% of the Earth's Atmosphere?
Evolution of the Earth's Atmosphere

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Nitrogen (N2)
Oxygen (O2)
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Water Vapour (H2O)
Argon (Ar)
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which gas makes up 21% of the Earth's Atmosphere?
Nitrogen (N2)
Oxygen (O2)
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Water Vapour (H2O)
Argon (Ar)
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which planet was Earth's early atmosphere most like, with the high carbon dioxide?
Venus
Mercury
Mars
Jupiter
4.
REORDER QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Reorder the following processes that lead to the modern atmosphere
Volcanoes erupted releasing gases
Water vapour condensed and formed the oceans
Plants and bacteria absorbed carbon dioxide in photosynthesis and released oxygen
Carbon dioxide dissolved in the oceans and formed carbonates
Ammonia reacted with oxygen, forming nitrogen and water
5.
REORDER QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Reorder the following changes in gas concentrations
Water Vapour becomes liquid water so decreases
High carbon dioxide and Water Vapour
Carbon dioxide absorbed by plants and decreases
Carbon dioxide dissolves in oceans so decreases
Oxygen released from plants and increase
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why can we not be sure how the atmosphere formed
The humans alive at the time are all dead now
No one wrote down the information
No humans were alive then and there isn't enough evidence
The meteor killed all of the witnesses
7.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The Earth's atmosphere started to form __.6 billion years ago
8.
DROPDOWN QUESTION
1 min • 3 pts
Plants produced oxygen through (a)
The equation for photosynthesis is:
(b) + Water --> Oxygen + (c)
9.
DROPDOWN QUESTION
1 min • 4 pts
Carbon dioxide decrease because plants carried out (a) . Then (b) ate the plants. When organisms dies their bodies may become (c) . This trapped the carbon dioxide for (d) of years.
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