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- A hydrocarbon is any chemical compound that is constituted of just ... Hydrocarbons are among the Earth's most important natural resources ...8 KB (1,193 words) - 13:34, 17 May 2021
- The carbon cycle is the biogeochemical cycle by which carbon is exchanged ... The cycle is usually thought of as four main reservoirs of carbon ...17 KB (2,593 words) - 23:46, 20 April 2023
- Atmospheric chemistry involves study of the chemistry of the atmospheres ... Earth's atmosphere is composed of about 78 percent nitrogen, ...11 KB (1,481 words) - 06:25, 21 August 2023
- [[image:Edge_of_Space2.png|thumb|right|175px|Layers of Atmosphere (NOAA)]] The Earth's atmosphere is a layer of gases surrounding our planet ...24 KB (3,540 words) - 17:34, 12 February 2024
- The greenhouse effect is the process in which long wave radiation ... The Earth's average surface temperature of 15°C (288 K) is considered ...23 KB (3,592 words) - 23:26, 17 February 2023
- Carbon (chemical symbol C; atomic number 6) is a remarkable chemical ... The careless disposal of paints, plastics, and other carbon-containing ...21 KB (2,997 words) - 22:12, 25 November 2023
- The term acid rain is commonly used to mean the deposition of acidic ... Rain acquires additional acidity through the reaction of air pollutants ...13 KB (1,971 words) - 07:41, 14 June 2023
- In human spaceflight, a life support system is a group of devices ... space mission, and puts out a similar amount in the form of waste solids, waste ...11 KB (1,632 words) - 01:14, 26 October 2022
- The lung is either of the two primary respiratory organs in air-breathing ... In addition to respiratory functions, lungs also play important non ...13 KB (1,981 words) - 03:04, 5 November 2022
- Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound that is found as a gas in the ... It is a major component of the carbon cycle. In general, it is exhaled ...34 KB (5,140 words) - 19:07, 26 November 2023
- The gas constant (also known as the molar, universal, or ideal gas ... Denoted by the symbol R, the value of the gas constant is: ...9 KB (1,458 words) - 04:37, 18 April 2024
- Fossil fuels or mineral fuels are hydrocarbon fuels found within the ... The term "fossil fuels" is based on the widely accepted ...15 KB (2,136 words) - 06:36, 1 April 2024
- Greenhouse gases (GHGs) is the name given to a number of gases present ... The most important greenhouse gas is water vapor which creates clouds ...34 KB (4,898 words) - 17:16, 16 February 2023
- Weathering is the process of disintegration of rocks and soils and ... and chemical. Mechanical weathering involves the breakdown of rocks and soils ...18 KB (2,677 words) - 22:02, 11 June 2020
- Carbon monoxide, with the chemical formula CO, is a colorless, odorless ... Carbon monoxide is so fundamentally important that many methods have ...20 KB (2,871 words) - 19:08, 26 November 2023
- [[Image:Infrared_dog.jpg|thumb|right|332px|Image of a small dog taken ... Infrared (IR) is a term used for radiation in a particular, invisible ...10 KB (1,429 words) - 19:21, 5 March 2024
- Gas is one of the four major states or phases of matter, along with ... Gas exists in the middle of a heating continuum in which heating the ...20 KB (3,107 words) - 04:37, 18 April 2024
- Ethane is a chemical compound with the chemical formula C2H6. It is ... The chief use of ethane is as a petrochemical feedstock for ethylene ...16 KB (2,309 words) - 01:40, 19 March 2022
- The Devonian period is an interval of about 57 million years defined ... The full range of life on Earth included arthropods, like insects ...10 KB (1,511 words) - 05:54, 25 August 2020
- is less reactive than its chemical analog carbon. It is the eighth most common ... by animals, it is much more important for the metabolism of plants, particularly ...20 KB (2,980 words) - 22:04, 29 January 2023
