Following Nitrogen (78%)and Oxygen (21%),argon Is the Next Most Common

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Essay

Following nitrogen (78%)and oxygen (21%),argon is the next most common gas in the atmosphere (less than 1%).Checking the table of elements,you discover that argon is one of a family of atoms with outer shells already full of electrons.How is this related to the fact that these atoms have virtually no biological importance?

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Transformation

A process by which a shape is changed through operations such as rotation, reflection, translation, or resizing, altering its position or size but not its fundamental characteristics.

Composition

In mathematics, the composition of functions refers to the application of one function to the results of another.

Function

A relation or correspondence between two sets in which each element of the first set is paired with exactly one element of the second set, typically described by f(x).

Function

A relation between a set of inputs and allowable outputs, where each input is related to exactly one output.