Earth's Atmosphere Contains Only Small Amounts of Carbon Dioxide Because

question 189

Multiple Choice

Earth's atmosphere contains only small amounts of carbon dioxide because

• A)carbon dioxide dissolves in water, and most of it is now contained in the oceans and carbonate rocks.
• B)Earth doesn't have as strong a greenhouse effect as is present on Venus.
• C)most of the carbon dioxide was lost during the age of bombardment.
• D)the Earth's volcanoes did not outgas as much carbon dioxide as those on Venus and Mars.
• E)chemical reactions with other gases destroyed the carbon dioxide and replaced it with the nitrogen that is in the atmosphere now.

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