What Are the Main Components of Air?

What are the main components of air?

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Main components of air are:

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Chapter 6 Air and Atmosphere
Exercise 1 | Q 6.1

Fill in the blanks

Oxygen is used in ___________the food to get _______.

Name the following:

The product formed when phosphorus burns in oxygen.

Give word equation for the following conversion:

Nitrogen of the air to nitric oxide

What happens if the percentage of oxygen in the air reaches to 70%?

Write the percentage of the gases present in air.

Air is a mixture of many _______.

The balance of oxygen in atmosphere is maintained through photosynthesis in animals and respiration in plants.

Arrange the following statements in correct sequence

Plants manufacture food by a process called photosynthesis.
Plants require energy for their growth.
Plants take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide just as animals.
Plants take carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, use chlorophyll in the presence of sunlight and prepare food.
Such oxygen is available to animals and human beings for breathing.
During this process, oxygen is released by plants.

How do the roots of land plants get oxygen for breathing?

When cooled to -57°C, gaseous carbon-di-oxide becomes a liquid.