Earth And Its Atmosphere Flashcards
When do scientists think the earth was formed?
4500 million year ago
What gases were given out from volcanoes when the earth war first formed?
1) carbon dioxide
2) water vapour
3) Ammonia
4) methane
What did the water vapour help to do?
Form oceans as it condensed
What happened lightly 3500 million year ago?
First signs of life was formed
What was good about the first signs of life?
Sea creatures could carry out the process of photosynthesis and remove the CO2 from the production from the volcanoes and photosynthesis caused increase in oxygen
What was the CO2 converted into in the ocean?
Converted into carbonate and that ended up in the shells in sea creatures which formed into sedimentary rock