Chemistry of the atmosphere

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Cards (16)

  • Ways carbon was removed from the atmosphere:

    Aquatic organisms - bones and shells
    Photosynthesis
    Dissolved in the ocean - carbon precipates
  • Main gas in the air now
    Nitrogen
  • Percentage of nitrogen in the air
    78
  • Greenhouse effect

    Particles in atmosphere don't absorb incoming short - wave radiation from the sun. This radiation is reflected off Earth, losing energy, becoming long - wave radiation
    The long - wave radiation is absorbed and dissipated everywhere