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    What Is Air?

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    This document discusses air and its composition. It explains that air is a mixture of gases including nitrogen, oxygen, and argon. Oxygen is essential for animal life, while carbon dioxide is important for plants. The document also describes how scuba divers and astronauts must bring their own air supplies, as there is little or no air underwater, at high altitudes, or in space.

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    Air

    Take a really deep breath. Feel how your chest gets


    bigger and bigger. Your chest gets bigger because
    your lungs are filling up with air. You cannot see air,
    but air is all around you. You can feel it when the
    wind blows.

    Earth’s atmosphere is made of air. An atmosphere is


    made up of the gases that surround a planet.

    WHAT IS AIR?
    Air is a mixture of several different gases. The main gases
    in air are nitrogen, oxygen, and argon. Air also contains
    smaller amounts of hydrogen, carbon dioxide, water
    vapor, helium, and other gases. Oxygen is the most
    important gas for animals. Animals must breathe oxygen
    in order to live.

    Carbon dioxide is the most important gas for plants. Plants


    use carbon dioxide and sunlight to make food. Plants give
    off oxygen. Animals turn the oxygen back into carbon
    dioxide when they breathe.

    TAKING AIR WITH YOU


    You can go to places where there is no air. There is no air
    underwater, but you can dive underwater. You can stay
    underwater a short time just by holding your breath. Air
    tanks let you stay underwater for a long time. Scuba
    divers wear tanks on their backs. The tanks are filled with
    gases that make up air. The divers breathe the gases
    through hoses.
    There is less and less air the higher up you go. People
    gasp for breath at the tops of tall mountains. Airplanes
    must carry air. Once the airplane gets up high, air is
    pumped into the cabin where passengers sit. Astronauts
    have to take all the air they need with them—there’s no
    air in space!
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