• Question: what is your favourite atmosphere in the universe?

    Asked by anon-244298 to Ondrej, Jordan, Eleanor, Ed, Christine, Alice on 17 Mar 2020.
    • Photo: Alice Morris

      Alice Morris answered on 17 Mar 2020:

      Definitely our own – it sustains all our lives after all!

      Our own atmosphere is made up of 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 1% argon, 0.04% carbon dioxide, and small amounts of other gases. It’s pretty amazing that the exact air composition, temperature, and atmospheric pressure which are suitable for use in photosynthesis by plants and for us and other animals to breathe is found only in the Earth’s atmosphere at the planet’s surface!

    • Photo: Eleanor Jones

      Eleanor Jones answered on 18 Mar 2020:

      I agree with Alice. It’s pretty hard to argue against the Earth’s atmosphere given that it allows us to survive on this planet and as far as we know, there’s no where else this is possible!

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