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    The document discusses the composition and importance of air. It is made up of several gases including nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide and water vapor. Air surrounds the earth's atmosphere and extends several kilometers above the surface. All living things rely on air and the process of respiration to obtain oxygen for survival. Plants play a key role by taking in carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen through photosynthesis, maintaining the cycle that sustains life on earth.

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    The document discusses the composition and importance of air. It is made up of several gases including nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide and water vapor. Air surrounds the earth's atmosphere and extends several kilometers above the surface. All living things rely on air and the process of respiration to obtain oxygen for survival. Plants play a key role by taking in carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen through photosynthesis, maintaining the cycle that sustains life on earth.

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    The document discusses the composition and importance of air. It is made up of several gases including nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide and water vapor. Air surrounds the earth's atmosphere and extends several kilometers above the surface. All living things rely on air and the process of respiration to obtain oxygen for survival. Plants play a key role by taking in carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen through photosynthesis, maintaining the cycle that sustains life on earth.

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    Beyond the Clouds


    Clouds

    The vast white fluffy clouds seen in the blue sky is actually millions of tiny water
    droplets held up by air.

    The water vapour that evaporates from seas, rivers and other water bodies travels up into
    the sky to form clouds.

    What's in It Air, You


    Air is everywhere

    We cannot see air, but we can feel its presence in so many ways.
    The leaves of the trees rustle or the clothes hanging on a clothesline sway because of
    the presence of air.
    Pages of an open book begin fluttering when the fan is switched on.
    Our earth is surrounded by a thin layer of air.
    This layer extends up to many kilometres above the surface of the earth and is called
    atmosphere.

    Colour of air

    Air has no colour and one can see through it. It is transparent.

    Moving air

    Moving air can be termed as wind.

    We can feel the wind as it sways leaves on a tree or during storms the wind blows at a very
    high speed even uprooting trees in their way.

    Wind

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    Atmosphere

    The layer of air that covers the Earth extends upto some kilometres in space, this is the
    atmosphere.

    Air as a Mixture

    Air is a mixture of different gases and particles; oxygen, water vapour, nitrogen, carbon
    dioxide, dust and smoke.

    Main components of Air

    The main constituents of air are nitrogen and oxygen. Air is 78 percent nitrogen, just under
    21 percent oxygen, and the rest is water vapor, carbon dioxide and small concentrations of
    other gases.

    Water vapour

    Water vapour is present in the air as a gaseous form of water and is responsible for
    humidity.

    Dust and smoke

    The minor particles that are present in air. High amount of these particles in air can cause
    pollution.

    I Can't Live Without You


    Breathing in animals

    Animals take in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide during respiration.

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    Breathing in humans

    Breathing in plants

    Plants respire through the process of photosynthesis. In this process, they take in carbon
    dioxide and give out oxygen as a waste which we breathe in.

    Photosynthesis

    Photosynthesis is a biological process used by plants to prepare their food with the help of
    sunlight and energy. Carbon dioxide is taken in and oxygen is given out as a waste product
    in this process.

    Photosynthesis

    Breathing in fish

    Oxygen dissolved in water is used by fishes to breathe.

    Symbiotic cycle

    Organisms usually come together where each benefits from the other.
    We get oxygen and other products from plants and they get not only carbon dioxide
    but other advantages from us.
    This is in the form of a cycle. Respiration and photosynthesis lead to recycling of
    oxygen and carbon dioxide in the environment.

    Come on Baby, Light My Fire

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    Fire

    Fire requires oxygen for sustenance.

    Fire

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