SCIENCE
CHEMISTRY
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0.3
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0.06
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0.03
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0.003
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Detailed explanation-1: -The amount of carbon present in Earth’s crust is 0.02%. Carbon is the 15th most abundant element in all the elements present in the earth’s crust. It is the 4th most abundant in the universe after hydrogen, helium and oxygen.
Detailed explanation-2: -Although widely distributed in nature, carbon is not particularly plentiful-it makes up only about 0.025 percent of Earth’s crust-yet it forms more compounds than all the other elements combined.
Detailed explanation-3: -Crust. The outer layer of the Earth, the crust along with its outer layers contain about 1020 kg of carbon. This is enough for each square meter of the surface to have 200 tons of carbon.
Detailed explanation-4: -CO2 makes up only about 0.04% of the atmosphere, and water vapor can vary from 0 to 4%.