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- related materials. It is found on Earth, the Moon, some asteroids, and ... factor that supports living organisms. In addition, it is found to host ...13 KB (1,996 words) - 03:04, 8 December 2022
- Oxygen (chemical symbol O, atomic number 8) is the second most common ... Oxygen is essential for the respiratory function of humans, animals ...23 KB (3,469 words) - 06:02, 18 November 2022
- Photosynthesis is the conversion of the energy of sunlight into chemical ... from inorganic compounds using light energy. In green plants and algae, photosynthesis ...27 KB (4,019 words) - 05:05, 24 November 2022
- Sometimes the prokaryotic cyanobacteria, given their aquatic and photosynthetic ... Cyanobacteria are some of the oldest organisms to appear in the fossil ...12 KB (1,656 words) - 17:46, 12 May 2020
- monoxide, is a chemical compound with the formula N2O. Nitrous oxide ... is commonly known as laughing gas because of the euphoric effects of inhaling ...20 KB (2,927 words) - 02:28, 16 November 2022
- The Gaia hypothesis is a class of scientific models of the geo-biosphere ... The Gaia hypothesis was developed by atmospheric scientist and chemist ...30 KB (4,599 words) - 11:57, 4 December 2023
- tiny particles of solid or liquid suspended in a gas. They range in size from ... and sea spray. Human activities, such as the burning of fossil fuels, also ...18 KB (2,652 words) - 08:57, 18 November 2022
- by which a gas, liquid, or solute (substance in solution) binds to the surface ... Adsorption has been found to occur in many natural physical, biological ...19 KB (2,837 words) - 06:18, 15 June 2023
- 2, 1927) was a Swedish chemist and one of the founders of the science of ... Arrhenius was born at Vik, in the Kalmar district near Uppsala, Sweden ...15 KB (2,260 words) - 00:32, 27 February 2023
- quot;) of a planet, moon, or other body is the hypothetical process of deliberately ... Based on experiences with Earth, the environment of a planet can be ...32 KB (4,766 words) - 14:58, 30 April 2023
- Mauna Loa is the largest volcano on earth. It is an active shield ... Kea, another of five volcanoes that form the Island of Hawaii. The Hawaiian ...18 KB (2,821 words) - 16:58, 7 November 2022
- on their mineral and chemical composition, the texture of the constituent ... The Earth's crust (including the lithosphere) and mantle are ...20 KB (3,012 words) - 02:25, 16 December 2022
- A volcano is an opening, or rupture, in the Earth's surface or ... or come together. A mid-oceanic ridge, like the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, has examples ...32 KB (4,841 words) - 20:59, 3 May 2023
- Natural gas in the broad sense is a gaseous material consisting primarily ... quot; or simply "gas," is found in natural gas fields and also ...25 KB (3,786 words) - 04:20, 11 March 2023
- Air pollution is the human introduction into the atmosphere of chemicals ... with major stationary sources, but the greatest source of emissions ...34 KB (4,855 words) - 07:00, 16 June 2023
- to air. Less dense than water, it is the second least dense metal after ... The ions, alloys, and compounds of potassium have a wide range of ...18 KB (2,538 words) - 05:52, 30 November 2022
- | Solubility in water | 0.105 g/100 ml (0 °C) |- | Melting point ... | | Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in ...30 KB (4,607 words) - 06:05, 18 November 2022
- elements known as alkali metals. Silvery in color, it is soft, waxy, and ... Moreover, the compounds of sodium have numerous applications. Common ...21 KB (3,204 words) - 21:54, 30 January 2023
- The Galilean moons are the four moons of Jupiter discovered by Galileo ... The four moons were discovered sometime between 1609 and 1610, when ...25 KB (3,695 words) - 03:54, 18 April 2024
- Karst topography is a three-dimensional landscape shaped by the dissolution ... Different terms for karst topography exist in other languages—for ...14 KB (1,944 words) - 20:16, 28 February 2023
