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The '''atmosphere''' is the mass of air surrounding a [[planet]].<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With Physical Science''. Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1999, 2000</ref>
 
The '''atmosphere''' is the mass of air surrounding a [[planet]].<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With Physical Science''. Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1999, 2000</ref>
  

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The atmosphere is the mass of air surrounding a planet.[1]

Atmosphere is also used by Chemists and Physicists as a unit of pressure. Example: one atmosphere of pressure is the pressure exerted on objects by the atmospheric gasses, air (principally 21% oxygen and 79% nitrogen), at sea level of approximately 14.7 pounds per inch square.

References

  1. Wile, Dr. Jay L. Exploring Creation With Physical Science. Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1999, 2000