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What is the atmosphere?
What is the atmosphere?
The gaseous envelope around the Earth that protects life on Earth from hazardous radiations, high energetic particles, and meteors.
What gases were emitted from the surface of the Earth when it was a hot globe?
What gases were emitted from the surface of the Earth when it was a hot globe?
Methane, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, helium, and nitrogen.
What is the first atmosphere known as?
What is the first atmosphere known as?
The atmosphere in the presence of gases emitted from the surface of the Earth, including methane, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, helium, and nitrogen.
What caused the formation of large water bodies on the surface of the Earth?
What caused the formation of large water bodies on the surface of the Earth?
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What gases are included in the second atmosphere, and in what amounts?
What gases are included in the second atmosphere, and in what amounts?
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