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Which gas makes up the largest percentage of dry air by mole fraction?
Which gas makes up the largest percentage of dry air by mole fraction?
- Carbon dioxide
- Oxygen
- Argon
- Nitrogen (correct)
What is the average amount of water vapor in the atmosphere at sea level?
What is the average amount of water vapor in the atmosphere at sea level?
- 5%
- 0.4%
- 1% (correct)
- 2%
What is the approximate mass of the Earth's atmosphere?
What is the approximate mass of the Earth's atmosphere?
- 1.15×1018 kg
- 8.15×1018 kg
- 5.15×1018 kg (correct)
- 2.57×1018 kg
Which layer of Earth's atmosphere is the coldest place on Earth?
Which layer of Earth's atmosphere is the coldest place on Earth?
Which layer of Earth's atmosphere contains the ionosphere?
Which layer of Earth's atmosphere contains the ionosphere?
At what altitude does the thermopause, also known as the exobase, occur?
At what altitude does the thermopause, also known as the exobase, occur?
Which layer of Earth's atmosphere is too high above Earth to be accessible to jet-powered aircraft and balloons, and too low to permit orbital spacecraft?
Which layer of Earth's atmosphere is too high above Earth to be accessible to jet-powered aircraft and balloons, and too low to permit orbital spacecraft?
Which layer of Earth's atmosphere is considered to be part of interplanetary space rather than part of the atmosphere?
Which layer of Earth's atmosphere is considered to be part of interplanetary space rather than part of the atmosphere?
What are the three major constituents of Earth's atmosphere?
What are the three major constituents of Earth's atmosphere?
Which layer of Earth's atmosphere is located above the mesosphere?
Which layer of Earth's atmosphere is located above the mesosphere?
What is the altitude range of the exosphere?
What is the altitude range of the exosphere?
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