Chemistry: Atmosphere

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  • Created on: 12-05-13 18:41
What were the gases produced in the original atmosphere caused by the erupting volcanoes?
Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Water vapour (steam) and small amounts of Ammonia (NH3)
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What happened when the Earth cooled?
The water vapour condensed to form oceans and green plants then evolved
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That controls the amount of Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen in the atmosphere?
The Carbon cycle
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What are the 3 names and uses of the processes involved with the answer to previous question?
Photsynthesis; Takes in CO2 and gives out 02 Combustion; Takes in 02 and gives out CO2 Respiration; Takes in 02 and gives out CO2
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What other reasons made the amount CO2 derease?
Large amounts of CO2 dissolved in oceans and formed carbonate rocks
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What did the increase in O2 result in?
It produced the gas ozone (O3) and the ozone layer
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What does this do?
This layer filters out most of the harmful ultra-violet radiation from the Sun
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What can this cause?
Skin cancer
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What happened when the simple animals appeared?
They used up O2 to produce energy
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What does the Ammonia from the volcanoes decompose to?
Notrogen and Hydrogen
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What happened to these two elements?
The Hydrogen escaped the Earth but the Nitrogen remained
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What is today's atmosphere now made up of? Give the % of each answer.
Nitrogen; 78% Oxygen; 21% Argon; 09.0% Carbon Dioxide; 0.04% Other gases; 0.06%
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