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What is the likely source of Earth's early atmosphere that consisted of carbon dioxide and water vapor

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Answer:

the most likely source is volcanoes

Step-by-step explanation:

One theory suggests that the early atmosphere came from intense volcanic activity, which released gases that made the early atmosphere very similar to the atmospheres of Mars and Venus today. These atmospheres have:

a large amount of carbon dioxide

little or no oxygen

small amounts of other gases, such as ammonia and methane

Volcanic activity also released water vapour, which condensed as the Earth cooled to form the oceans. Nitrogen was probably also released by volcanoes which gradually built up in the atmosphere because it is unreactive.

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