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The lever of gases that surrounds a planet is known as the

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atmosphere
Encyclopedic entry. We live at the bottom of an invisible ocean called the atmosphere, a layer of gases surrounding our planet. Nitrogen and oxygen account for 99 percent of the gases in dry air, with argon, carbon dioxide, helium, neon, and other gases making up minute portions.
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Answer:

Gases that surround a planetary body is an atmosphere.

Step-by-step explanation:

From Greek atmo- vapor, stean, and from Latin sphaera - globe, ball, celestial sphere

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