Air and Pollution课件.pptVIP

组员：姜智超 李杰鸿 余璐静 史 宇 The Importance of Air Air is a mixture of gases It is important: for life; contains oxygen which supports life, water and carbon dioxide which green plants need to make food for the protection from ultraviolet radiation of the sun (ozone layer in the upper atmosphere) for the burning of fuels for the production of heat energy in power stations as a source of nitrogen, oxygen and argon (noble gas) Composition of Air Nitrogen ? 78% Oxygen ? 21% Carbon dioxide ? 0.03% Argon and rare gases ? 1% Water vapour ? Variable (0 – 5%) argon (1%) oxygen (21%)